Ernie Davis mutum ne mai hazaka saboda babbar kwarewar sa a rayuwarsa a matsayin dan wasan Amurka a fagen gudu a fagen kwallon kafa na Amurka. Bai sami damar ci gaba a rukuninsa ba an yanke rayuwarsa zuwa mummunar cuta wanda yayi sanadiyyar mutuwar bazata.
Rayuwarsa tana cikin tarihi, tun yana ƙarami ya zama Ba’amurken Ba’amurke na farko da ya ci Kofin Heisman, wanda yayi alama kafin da bayan a cikin ƙwarewar ƙwararriyar launin fatarsa. A baya can ba a karɓar wannan rukunin ba, amma manyan kyaututtukansa sun taimaka daga baya Za a karya shingen launin fata a wasanni a Amurka.
Ernie Davis yarinta
Ernie Davis yana da ƙuruciya ƙuruciya. An haife shi a New Salem-Buffington a cikin jihar Pennsylvania. Iyayensa sun sake aure kwanaki bayan haihuwarsa kuma bai iya sani ko samun ƙwaƙwalwar mahaifinsa ba tunda ya mutu sakamakon hatsarin mota.
Dole ne kakanninsa suka tashe shi, don haka ya yi amfani da ƙuruciyarsa a Unjontown, wata karamar unguwa a gefen garin Pittsburgh. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 12 ya koma ga mahaifiyarsa da mahaifinsa kuma ya tafi ya zauna a garin Elmira a cikin gundumar New York. A can ya sami damar yin karatu a makarantar gwamnati a wannan ƙaramin garin.
Can Ya sami damar farawa a cikin wasanni, yana iya ficewa a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka. Ya nuna yadda gudu ko "mai tsere" da ladabi ke cin mahimman lambobin yabo saboda ƙwarewar sa.
Karatunku da wasanni
Ernie Ya fara karatun kwaleji a Syracuse, arewacin garin Elmira a 1958. Yana da wahala ya samu jami'ar da za ta iya daukar nauyin karatunsa. Karatun karatunsa ba shi da tasiri tare da nasarorin nasa na wasanni don haka a ƙarshe aka shigar da shi tare da tallafin karatu na wasanni don baƙar fata 'yan wasa kuma ya sami damar tallafawa rayuwarsa da wasanni. Bai kasance mutumin da yanayin rayuwa da dole ya rayu ya cutar da shi ba, don haka ya kasance mutum mai nasara.
Ya fara aikinsa na wasanni yana nuna yadda za'a gudu. Wannan matsayin yana bashi fifikon fifiko a cikin wannan wasan, tunda dole ne ya yi gudu yadudduka kamar yadda ya kamata don neman yankin ƙarshe. Ya kasance ɗan tsere wanda ba za a iya dakatar da shi ba kuma ya ci mahimman lambobin yabo saboda aikin sa.
A matsayin karamin dan wasa saita rikodin don yadi 7,8 ta turawa kuma shine na uku da yayi nasara a kasar inda ya ruga yadi 100 a wasanni shida cikin tara. An sanya masa lamba 45, lambar da shima wani baƙon ɗan wasa ya saka a baya a cikin ƙungiyar Cleveland Browns.
A shekararsa ta biyu a matsayin dan wasa, ya jagoranci tawagarsa a cikin kwalliyar auduga, babban wasa da ake gudanarwa kowace shekara a Dallas. Sun kayar da Texas, inda ya zira kwallaye biyu Fahimtar shi a matsayin mai darajar Playeran wasan da yafi cancanta. Wannan ya sanya mata laƙabi "Elmira Express."
Godiya ga wannan lambar yabo tAkwai martani mai nuna wariyar launin fata a lokacin bikin nasarar Cow Bowl Bowl. An so a ware saboda launin fatarsa a wurin abincin dare wanda dole ne a yi bikin, don haka ƙungiyar Syracuse ta kaurace wa taron.
Kyautar da aka samu
Ya Samu kyautar Heisman a lokacin kwanon Auduga na 1961. Wannan kyautar an bayar da ita ga fitaccen ɗan wasan kwalejin Amurka kuma Ernie shine mutum na farko da ya karɓe shi. Ko da tare da lambar yabo da aka karɓa, dole ne ya yi ta hanyar zanga-zangar nuna wariyar launin fata a cikin bikin nasa.
A cikin 1962 Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka ta sanya shi a farkon jerin sunayen fitattun 'yan wasa. Ernie yana da shekaru 23 kuma Wannan shi ne karo na farko da aka ba wani Ba'amurke Ba'amurke wannan matsayi. Tare da wannan izinin an ba shi izinin shiga cikin dukkan ƙungiyoyin ƙasar.
Wasanninsa na wasanni
Taron shekara-shekara na Zaɓin 'Yan Wasan NFL ya zaɓi Ernie a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi so, matsayi na farko akan jerin da za'a zaba don kungiyar gasa.
Ofungiyar kudaden Buffalo na Amurka Fooball League sun sami haƙƙin mai kunnawa, kodayake Ernie ya nuna fifikonsa ga NFL. Ernie davis aka siyar dashi kwanaki bayan Cleveland Browns tare da kwangilar da aka kiyasta ta kai $ 200.000 na shekara uku, da kari kan $ 15.000.
An ba shi damar fara aikin sa na ƙwararre a matsayin babban ɗan wasa amma rashin lafiya mai tsanani ta sa rayuwarsa ta ragu.
Mutuwa
Ernie yana horo tare da haɗakar taurarin wasannin kwallon kafa na kwaleji. Faduwa tayi ba tare da gargadi ba kuma masu horar da shi sun ga wuyansa ya kumbura, don haka suka kai shi dakin gaggawa. An gano cutar sankarar bargo mai saurin yaduwa kuma a bayyane yake cewa ba za a iya sakewa ba.
Davis yayi yaƙi da cutar saboda babban yaudarar sa Ya kasance farawa a cikin NFL. A ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1963, aka kwantar da shi saboda rikitarwa da ya samo asali daga rashin lafiyarsa kuma ya mutu bayan kwana biyu.
Bayan mutuwarsa, Cleveland ya yi ritaya lamba 45 saboda babban aikin agaji kuma an yarda da shi game da wariyar launin fata a Amurka. A cikin 2008 fim din da ya danganci rayuwarsa an sake shi a karkashin taken The Express, godiya ga ƙoƙarinsa da ƙimar darajar ci gaban mutum.