February 13th 2025 Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/13/2025
Ernie Davis handwritten and signed class notes, mostly in pen, on both sides of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of lined notebook paper. Notes appear to be for a science class. Rough left edge, and some scattered light toning, otherwise fine condition.
Ernie Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first black recipient. Davis was selected first overall by the Washington Redskins in the 1962 NFL draft but was almost immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns. He was diagnosed with leukemia that same year, and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979 and was the subject of the 2008 film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story.
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