The Syracuse University running back Ernie Davis blazed trails on and off the football field as the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. But he didn’t gain all those yards while wearing a ...

Ernie Davis Norfolk – Ernie L. Davis, 71 a funeral service will be held, 11am, Monday, October 17, 2016 at Olive Grove Baptist Church,1034 Albert Ave., Norfolk, VA. A viewing will be held, 11-5pm ...

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:39 GMT — It's been nearly a half century since Ernie Davis became the first black to win the Heisman Trophy. If the story of his all-too-brief, but powerful life has dimmed over ...

BROWNSVILLE — Ernie Davis, 59, of Lindseyville died at 10:19 a.m. Oct. 27, 2008, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown of injuries suffered in a truck accident in Bee Spring on Monday morning.