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
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
Ben Schwartzwalder
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Floyd Burdette "Ben" Schwartzwalder was an American football coach at Syracuse University, where he trained future National Football League stars such as Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, Floyd Little and Erni
Ernie Davis
…by numerous colleges, and chose to attend Syracuse University after being persuaded by Jim Brown, a Syracuse alumnus. Davis played football for coach Ben Schwartzwalder at Syracuse University from 1959 to 1961, and went on to national fame in each of those three seasons, twice winning first-team All-American honors…
Schwartzwalder with quarterback Dick Easterly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1959