Sixty years ago today, Syracuse running back Ernie Davis became the first Black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. The No. 44 legend, also known as the “Elmira Express,” received ...

Ernie Davis succeeded at every ... recruited Davis for football, but Syracuse, just 90 miles away, held an advantage. Syracuse also had a famous player in its corner, Jim Brown, the first in ...

“Ernie Davis laid the foundation for the success of African American football players playing Division 1A football in colleges throughout this whole country.” To those who loved him, Ernie ...

In 2020, ESPN ranked Brown as the greatest college football player ever. But Brown means ... a number worn by Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. The number became synonymous with not only football ...

There’s no shortage of legendary college football players who flopped in the NFL ... Syracuse Orangemen running back Ernie Davis (44) in action against the Boston College Eagles.

Said Guinnip: "Being a kid growing up in the Elmira area, everybody wants to be like Ernie Davis. Not only a football player, but a leader. He's just a big role model for kids my age and I just ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The 62nd ever Ernie Davis Award will be presented Thursday. For over six decades, it’s the award that’s ...

“All the old football players,” John Brown said, “are going home.” The column on Ernie Davis in Buffalo follows, as it appeared before we knew of the death of Jim Brown, who once told me ...

Syracuse legend Ernie Davis' game-worn jersey from his 1961 Heisman season sold Sunday night for $92,447 at Grey Glannel Auctions, setting a record for a college football game-worn jersey.

For the sixth time in the last seven seasons, a Horseheads High School football player has won the Ernie Davis Award. Lucas Mosher, a senior running back/safety, was presented the award Thursday ...