U-Ernie Davis wayengumuntu okhaliphile ngethalente lakhe elihle emsebenzini wakhe njengomdlali waseMelika esigabeni sokubuyela emuva ebholeni laseMelika. Akakwazanga ukudlulela esigabeni sakhe njengo impilo yakhe yanqanyulelwa isifo esibulalayo okwaholela ekufeni kungazelelwe.
Impilo yakhe yaphawulwa emlandweni, kusukela esemncane waba ngowokuqala wase-Afrika ukunqoba iHeisman Trophy, ebimaka ngaphambi nangemva kokuqashelwa njengochwepheshe wombala wesikhumba sakhe. Phambilini lesi sigaba besingamukelwa, kepha izipho zakhe ezinhle zasiza kamuva Imingcele yobuhlanga izophulwa kwezemidlalo e-United States.
Ubuntwana buka-Ernie Davis
U-Ernie Davis wayenobuntwana obunzima. Wazalelwa eNew Salem-Buffington esifundazweni sasePennsylvania. Abazali bakhe bahlukanisa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuzalwa kwakhe futhi wayengazi noma abe nenkumbulo kayise selokhu ashonela ngenxa yengozi yomgwaqo.
Kwakudingeka akhuliswe ugogo nomkhulu wakhe, ngakho-ke wachitha ubuntwana bakhe e-Unjontown, indawo esezingeni eliphansi emaphethelweni ePittsburgh. Lapho eneminyaka engu-12 wabuyela kunina nakubaba wakhe wesibili futhi wahamba wayohlala e-Elmira eNew York County. Lapho wakwazi ukufunda esikhungweni somphakathi kuleli dolobha elincane.
Lapho Ukwazile ukuqala kwezemidlalo, wakwazi ukugqama ebholeni laseMelika. Uveze ukuthi ukugijima emuva noma "umgijimi" kanye nesizotha kuwina kanjani imiklomelo ebalulekile ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Izifundo zakho nemidlalo
Ernie waqala umsebenzi wakhe wasekolishi eSyracuse, enyakatho ne-Elmira ngo-1958. Kwakunzima ukuthi athole inyuvesi ezokwazi ukukhokhela izifundo zakhe. Izifundo zakhe zazingahlonipheki kanye nempumelelo yakhe yezemidlalo ngakho ekugcineni angavunyelwa ngomfundaze wezemidlalo wabadlali abamnyama futhi wakwazi ukuxhasa impilo yakhe ngezemidlalo. Wayengeyena umuntu owalimala indlela yokuphila okwakumele ayiphile, ngakho wayengumuntu ophumelelayo.
Uqale umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo egqamisa indlela yokubuyela emuva. Lesi sikhundla simnika isibopho sokuqala kulo mdlalo, ngoba kufanele agijime amayadi amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka efuna indawo yokugcina. Wayengumgijimi onganqandeki futhi wawina imiklomelo ebalulekile ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Njengomdlali omncane setha irekhodi lamayadi ayi-7,8 nge-Push ngayinye futhi ube ngumgijimi ophumelele isithathu ezweni lapho aphuthume khona amagceke ayi-100 emidlalweni eyisithupha kwayisishiyagalolunye. Wabelwa inombolo engu-45, inombolo eyayiphinde yanikezwa ngomunye umdlali omnyama eqenjini laseCleveland Browns.
Ngonyaka wakhe wesibili njengomdlali, wahola iqembu lakhe kuCotton Bowl, umdlalo omkhulu obanjwa minyaka yonke eDallas. Bahlule iTexas, lapho athola khona ama-touchdown amabili ukumbona njengomehluko obaluleke kakhulu woMdlali obaluleke kakhulu. Lokhu kwamenza waba nesidlaliso "Elmira Express."
Ngenxa yalomklomelo tKube nokushaqeka ngokobuhlanga lapho kugujwa ukunqoba kwakhe iCotton Bowl. Babefuna ukumbeka eceleni ngenxa yombala wesikhumba sakhe edilini okwakumele ligujwe, ngakho iqembu laseSyrause laduba umcimbi.
Imiklomelo itholakele
Uthole iHeisman Trophy ngesikhathi seCotton Bowl ka-1961. Lo mklomelo unikezwa umdlali wasekolishi ohamba phambili waseMelika kanti u-Ernie wayengumuntu wokuqala ukuwuthola. Noma ethola umklomelo, bekufanele adlule emibhikishweni yobuhlanga emgubheni wakhe.
Ngo-1962 iNational Soccer Organisation yase-USA yambeka kuqala ohlwini lwabadlali abahamba phambili. U-Ernie wayeneminyaka engama-23 futhi Bekungokokuqala ukuthi umuntu wase-Afrika waseMelika anikezwe leso sikhundla. Ngalokhu kuphasa wanikezwa isimo sokungena kuwo wonke amaqembu akuleli.
Umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo
Umhlangano Waminyaka Yonke Wokukhethwa Kwabadlali beNFL ukhethe u-Ernie njengomdlali amthandayo, usezingeni lokuqala ohlwini oluzokhethelwa iqembu elincintisanayo.
Ithimba le- iBuffalo Bills yeAmerican Fooball League ithole amalungelo kumdlali, yize u-Ernie akhombise ukuthanda kwakhe iNFL. U-Ernie davis kwathengiswa izinsuku ezimbalwa kamuva kuCleveland Browns ngenkontileka ebiza u- $ 200.000 iminyaka emithathu, kanye ne-premium ye- $ 15.000.
Wenziwa watholakala ukuze aqale umsebenzi wakhe wobuchwepheshe njengomdlali omkhulu kepha impilo yakhe yehliswa yisifo esibi.
Ukufa
U-Ernie wayeziqeqesha kanye nenhlanganisela yezinkanyezi zemidlalo yebhola ekolishi. Iphelile ngaphandle kwesixwayiso futhi abaqeqeshi bakhe babebona ukuthi intamo yakhe ivuvukile, ngakho bamyisa egumbini labezimo eziphuthumayo. I-acute leukemia leukemia yatholakala futhi kubonakala sengathi ayinakulungiseka.
UDavis walwa nalesi sifo ngenxa yenkohliso yakhe enkulu Kwakungeyokuqala ku-NFL. NgoMeyi 16, 1963, wangeniswa ngenxa yezinkinga ezazivela ekuguleni kwakhe futhi washona ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva.
Ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, UCleveland uthathe umhlalaphansi kunombolo 45 ngomsebenzi wakhe omkhulu wokusiza abantu futhi yaziwa ngokumelene nobandlululo e-United States. Ngo-2008 ifilimu esuselwa empilweni yakhe ikhishwe ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi The Express, sibonga umzamo wakhe nokubaluleka okukhulu kokuthuthuka komuntu siqu.