was a RB for a college team and was drafted by the browns in the 1sd round Davis was also great on defense for football (at the time you palyed offense and defense)
and was great in bball a few days/week's/maybe a month after being drafted ernie Davis was diagnosed with leukemia (a form of cancer) and died of it after a few month's and unfortuanately never got to play pro football for the brown's
he was also the first African-American to win the heisman trophy
He was famous for being the first African American to win the heisman trophy
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Yes tons go on Google images. i used to go to ernie Davis middle school.
they didn't draft Ernie Davis he was drafted by the chiefs and then almost immediately traded to the browns
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ernie Davis
Ernie Davis did not marry, He died at age 23 of leukemia. Ernie was the first African American man to win the Heisman Trophy and the first to join the prestigious Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.