Birthplace of Ernie Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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Main St & New Salem Rd & S Mill St
PA 15468
Football Player Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, playing for Syracuse University. Davis spent part of his boyhood years in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, before he relocated to Elmira, New York. Davis was the number one pick by the Washington Redskins (and then traded to the Cleveland Browns) for the 1962 National Football League draft. Davis was diagnosed with acute monotypic leukemia on July 30, 1962. He died on Saturday, May 18, 1963, and was mourned by the nation. Though Ernie never played a game for the Cleveland Browns, they retired his number 45, worn only in practice. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.
PA 15468
Football Player Ernie Davis became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, playing for Syracuse University. Davis spent part of his boyhood years in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, before he relocated to Elmira, New York. Davis was the number one pick by the Washington Redskins (and then traded to the Cleveland Browns) for the 1962 National Football League draft. Davis was diagnosed with acute monotypic leukemia on July 30, 1962. He died on Saturday, May 18, 1963, and was mourned by the nation. Though Ernie never played a game for the Cleveland Browns, they retired his number 45, worn only in practice. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.