Ernie Davis aive munhu akangwara nekuda kwetarenda rake guru rehunyanzvi muhupenyu hwake semutambi weAmerica mune inomhanya kumashure chikamu muAmerican nhabvu. Iye haana kukwanisa kufambira mberi muchikamu chake se hupenyu hwake hwakafupiswa kuenda kuchirwere chinouraya izvo zvakakonzera kufa kusingatarisirwi.
Hupenyu hwake hunoratidzwa munhoroondo, kubvira achiri mudiki Akave wekutanga muAfrica American kuhwina Heisman Trophy, iyo yakamaka pamberi nepashure mukuzivikanwa sehunyanzvi hweganda rake reganda. Pakutanga chikamu ichi hachina kubvumidzwa, asi zvipo zvake zvikuru zvakabatsira gare gare Zvipingamupinyi zvemarudzi zvichaputswa mumitambo muUnited States.
Hupenyu hwaErnie Davis
Ernie Davis aive nehudiki hwakaoma. Akazvarwa muNew Salem-Buffington mudunhu rePennsylvania. Vabereki vake vakarambana mazuva mashoma aberekwa uye iye aisakwanisa kuziva kana kuyeuka baba vake kubva pavakafa semhedzisiro yenjodzi yemumugwagwa.
Aifanira kurerwa nasekuru nasekuru vake, saka akapedza hudiki hwake muUnijontown, nharaunda yepasi-pekunze kumucheto kwePittsburgh. Paaive nemakore gumi nemaviri akadzokera kuna amai vake nababa vokurera uye akaenda kunogara kuElmira muNew York County. Ikoko aikwanisa kudzidza pachikoro cheveruzhinji mutaundi diki iri.
Ikoko Iye aikwanisa kutanga mumitambo, achigona kumira munhabvu yeAmerica. Akajekesa kumhanya kumashure kana "mumhanyi" uye kuzvininipisa kunohwina mibairo yakakosha yehunyanzvi hwake.
Zvako zvidzidzo nemitambo
Ernie akatanga koreji basa rake muSirakuse, kuchamhembe kweElmira muna 1958. Zvakanga zvakamuomera kuti awane yunivhesiti yaigona kupa mari kuzvidzidzo zvake. Zvidzidzo zvake zvedzidzo zvaive zvisinganetsi pamwe nekubudirira kwake mumitambo saka aigona pakupedzisira kubvumidzwa neyemitambo kudzidza kune vatema vatambi uye akagona kutsigira hupenyu hwake nemitambo. Akange asiri munhu akarwadziswa nemararamire aaifanira kurarama, saka aive munhu akabudirira.
Akatanga rake remitambo basa achiratidza nzira yekumhanya kumashure. Iyi nzvimbo inomupa chinzvimbo chekutanga mumutambo uyu, nekuti iye anofanira kumhanya seyadhi dzakawanda sezvinobvira achitsvaga yekupedzisira nzvimbo. Aive mumhanyi asingamisike uye akahwina mibairo mikuru yebasa rake.
Semutambi junior seta rekodhi yemayadhi 7,8 Push imwe chete uye aive mumhanyi wechitatu anokunda munyika umo akamhanyisa mayadhi zana mumatanhatu emitambo mipfumbamwe. Akapihwa iyo nhamba 100, nhamba yaive yakambopihwawo nemumwe mutambi mutema pachikwata cheCleveland Browns.
Mugore rake rechipiri semutambi, akatungamira timu yake muCotton Bowl, mutambo mukuru unoitwa gore rega rega kuDallas. Vakakunda iyo Texas, kwaakarova zvibodzwa zviviri kumuziva iye seakakosha Mubairo Unonyanya Kukosha musiyano. Izvi zvakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Elmira Express."
Kutenda mubairo uyu tPaive nemhirizhonga kumashure mukupemberera kuhwina kwake Cotton Bowl. Ivo vaida kumuisa parutivi nekuda kwevara reganda rake pakudya kwaifanira kupembererwa, saka timu yeSyrause yakaramba chiitiko ichi.
Mibayiro yakagamuchirwa
Akagamuchira Heisman Trophy panguva ya1961 Cotton Bowl. Uyu mubairo unopihwa kune akanakisa mutambi wekoreji uye Ernie ndiye aive munhu wekutanga kuutambira. Kunyangwe nemubairo waakagashira, aifanirwa kupfuura nemaratidziro erudzi mukupemberera kwake.
Muna 1962 National Soccer Organisation yeUSA yakamuisa pekutanga mumazita evatambi vakanakisa. Ernie aive nemakore makumi maviri nematatu uye Yakanga iri nguva yekutanga kuti munhu wemuAmerica apihwe chinzvimbo ichi. Nekupasa uku akapihwa chimiro chekupinda muzvikwata zvese zvemunyika.
Basa rake remitambo
Musangano Wegore Negore weNFL Player Sarudzo akasarudza Ernie semudiwa wake wepamoyo, chinzvimbo chekutanga pane iyo runyorwa kuti isarudzirwe timu inokwikwidza.
Chikwata che iyo Buffalo Bills yeAmerican Fooball League yakawana kodzero kumutambi, kunyange Ernie akaratidza kuda kwake kuNFL. Ernie davis yakatengeswa mazuva gare gare kuCleveland Browns nekondirakiti yakakosha pamadhora mazana maviri ezviuru zvemakore matatu, pamwe nemubhadharo we $ 200.000
Akaitwa kuti awanike kutanga rake reunyanzvi semutambi mukuru asi hupenyu hwake hwakadzikiswa nechirwere chakakomba.
Rufu
Ernie aidzidzira pamwe chete nemubatanidzwa wekoreji nhabvu yemitambo nyeredzi. Yakadzima pasina yambiro uye varairidzi vake vaigona kuona kuti mutsipa wake wainge wazvimba, saka vakamutora vakaenda naye kuchimbichimbi. Acute hemocrocr leukemia yakawanikwa uye sezviri pachena isingadzoreke.
Davis akarwisa chirwere ichi nekuda kwekunyepedzera kwake kukuru Yaive yekutanga muNFL. Musi waMay 16, 1963, akatambirwa nekuda kwekunetseka kwakabva mukurwara kwake uye akafa mazuva maviri gare gare.
Mushure mekufa kwake, Cleveland akasiya basa nhamba makumi mashanu neshanu yebasa rayo guru rekubatsira uye inozivikanwa pamusoro pekusarurana muUnited States. Muna 2008 firimu rakavakirwa pahupenyu hwake rakaburitswa pasi pemusoro unoti The Express, nekuda kwekuedza kwake uye kukosha kukuru kwekuvandudza kwako.