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AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

Ernie Davis

1939 - 1963

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Ernest R. Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an American college football player for the Syracuse Orangemen who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first African American recipient. Davis was selected by the Washington Redskins with the first overall pick of the 1962 NFL Draft, but was almost immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Davis has received more than 4,068,628 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Davis is the 5th most popular american football player, the 5,711th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,022nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American American Football Player.

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  • 48.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Among american football players, Ernie Davis ranks 5 out of 55. Before him are O. J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Tom Brady, and Joe Montana. After him are Johnny Unitas, Dan Marino, Colin Kaepernick, Peyton Manning, Joe Namath, Cam Newton, and Jerry Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ernie Davis ranks 315. Before him are Luigi Simoni, Franjo Gregurić, Robert Herbin, Wilhelmina Cooper, Joe Clark, and Charles Geschke. After him are Maeve Binchy, Merab Kostava, Litokwa Tomeing, John Hopcroft, Abdelmajid Chetali, and Theo Waigel. Among people deceased in 1963, Ernie Davis ranks 126. Before him are Aleksandr Gerasimov, Louis Bastien, Edwin Linkomies, Benjamin Jones, Robert Kerr, and Amelita Galli-Curci. After him are Thoralf Skolem, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Boris Kostić, Learco Guerra, Erik Lundqvist, and J. D. Tippit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Davis ranks 5,711 out of 18,182. Before him are John Finn (1952), William Beaumont (1785), Charles Geschke (1939), John Piper (1946), Bill Monroe (1911), and Henry J. Kaiser (1882). After him are Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Mary Wickes (1910), Hart Crane (1899), Jessica Harper (1949), Mykelti Williamson (1960), and Irwin Allen (1916).

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among american football players born in United States, Ernie Davis ranks 5. Before him are O. J. Simpson (1947), Jim Brown (1936), Tom Brady (1977), and Joe Montana (1956). After him are Johnny Unitas (1933), Dan Marino (1961), Colin Kaepernick (1987), Peyton Manning (1976), Joe Namath (1943), Cam Newton (1989), and Jerry Rice (1962).

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