Bobby Mitchell
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Robert Cornelius Mitchell was an American professional football player who was a halfback and wide receiver in the National Football League. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini
Mitchell with the Cleveland Browns in 1959
Mitchell in 2010
Ernie Davis
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Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen and won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first black recipient. Davis was selected f
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…average (6.3 in 1958). Under pressure to integrate the team by the U.S. federal government, the Washington Redskins selected Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis with the first overall pick of the 1962 NFL draft. However, Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, wary of Davis's potential salary demands, traded…
Davis with the Cleveland Browns in 1962
Ernie Davis Statue at Syracuse University campus.
Plaque on statue, Ernie Davis Academy, Elmira, New York
Davis' gravestone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY