This is the 1962 rookie card of halfback Ernie Davis (courtesy CheckOutMyCards.com), who led Syracuse to the National Championship in 1959, and became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. The Cleveland Browns traded a great player, future hall of famer Bobby Mitchell, for the rights to sign Davis, but he never played in the NFL. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 1962 and passed away in 1963. His story is documented in the recent movie “The Express”.
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September 30, 2010 at 1:13 pm
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