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Ernie is born
When Ernie Davis was born on this day, football had a better african-american coming than the great Jim Brown! He was born in a small city called New Salem, Pennsylvania. -
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Ernest R. Davis's life
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CHAMPS
Ernie lead the Orangemen to an undefeated 11-0, which lead them to the Cotton Bowl. At the Cotton Bowl the Orangemen faced the University of Texas and won 23-14. -
All-Stars
When Ernie entered the Coaches All-Star team in June the coaches had seen a change in him. On this day the first strike of lukemia hit him. He was then rushed to the hospital to be cheked. -
To the hospital
On another All-Star practice he felt a pain in the back of his neck. for the second time of All-Stars. He then made it to the hospial. -
The hard truth
At the hospital the docter explained Ernies' sickness. It was a illness called "lukemia." -
The sickness starts to kick in:{
The coach of the team of stars said that Ernie had to go to the doctors for a few days. The team was very sad. They were not happy because Ernie was their best player. -
Ernies tragedy.
On this tragic day all of his family gathered. He died of lukemia before he even played a single NFL game.
