Ernie Davis

For connoisseurs of the hipper-dipper, the zigzag and the shoulder feint, Mr. Davis of USC outdistanced Mr. Dorsett of Pitt 149 yards to 59, but much of the credit for the Trojans' 16-7 win belonged to his cohorts

—JACK MOORE

Among the most vivid memories of senior writer Bill Nack's college days at Illinois is the Saturday morning in May 1963 when Ernie Davis died. Nack, an assistant sports editor with the Daily Mini back then, was alone...

DAVIS'S LEGACYMy youth was filled with the glory days of Syracuse football—John Mackey, Jim Nance, Floyd Little, Larry Csonka—but there has never been another Ernie Davis, on or off the field (A Life Cut Short, Sept....

Take it from the quarterback, no one in his right mind would want to win the Heisman