A dream Cleveland Browns backfield of Ernie Davis and Jim Brown never happened after Davis was diagnosed with leukemia and died before he could play a down in the NFL. The connection of the all ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football legends Ernie Davis and Jim Brown, the originators of the legend of No. 44 at Syracuse University, died on the same date 60 years apart. Davis died on May 18 ...

Jim Brown, the Browns’ all-time leading rusher and holder of numerous other franchise records, passed away May 18 at age 87. Exactly 60 years earlier, Ernie Davis, the first pick of the 1962 ...

Syracuse’s Ernie Davis was the consensus choice as the No ... the prospect of adding Davis to a backfield that already had Jim Brown. “My plan wasn’t for (Davis) to replace Jim Brown.

"No defense could zero in on Jim Brown with Ernie Davis in the backfield." "No telling where we would have gone or how many championships we would have won with that combination," said John Brown ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Shortly after the Washington Redskins selected Ernie Davis with the No ... The dream of the great Jim Brown and Davis in the same backfield was crushed when Davis was diagnosed ...

Ernie Davis, who led Syracuse to a national championship in 1959, became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. Along the way, he smashed the great Jim Brown's school ...

Jim Brown: If you deal with the times, you have a pretty gritty story. The greatest part of Ernie Davis was that he could cross over lines. You know, white folks could like him, black folks could ...

He brought a unique visitor to recruit Davis. “And, of course, it was really Jim Brown who pretty much closed the deal on recruiting Ernie Davis to Syracuse University,” said Dr. Roosevelt ...

Lacrosse officials later changed the rules to prevent another Jim Brown from happening ... a number worn by Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. The number became synonymous with not only football ...

Brown’s best friend was the late Ernie Davis, an American sports legend who became the second great running back to wear 44 at Syracuse, after Jim Brown – no relation to John, though they all ...