| LC control no. | n 82251678 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Davis, Ernie, 1939-1963 |
| Variant(s) | Davis, Ernest R., 1939-1963 Elmira Express, 1939-1963 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1939-12-14 |
| Death date | 1963-05-18 |
| Place of birth | New Salem (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Cleveland (Ohio) |
| Affiliation | Syracuse University Elmira Free Academy |
| Profession or occupation | Football players |
| Found in | Gallagher, R.C. Ernie Davis, the Elmira Express, 1983: t.p. (Ernie Davis, the Elmira Express) p. 11, etc. (b. 1939, d. 1963; Ernest R. Davis; nickname, the Elmira Express) African American National Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Davis, Ernie; football player; born 14 December 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania, United States; athletic career began at the Elmira Free Academy and continued at the University of Syracuse; led his freshman football team to an undefeated season (1958); he then played three years of varsity football at Syracuse, during which time the team achieved a record of twenty wins and five losses; they beat Texas in the 1960 Cotton Bowl and Miami in the 1961 Liberty Bowl; the team had won the national championship (1959); his 15.7 yards per carry in one game against West Virginia in 1959 and his seasonal average of 7.8 yards per carry remained Syracuse records as of 2007; in the 1960-1961 seasons he gained more than 100 yards per game eleven times; he was chosen the outstanding player in both the Cotton and Liberty bowls; Cleveland Browns signed him to an $80,000 three-year contract in December 1961; he became ill with acute monocytic leukemia during practice for the college all-star game in 1962; died 18 May 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) |
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