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Born in Footdale, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Ernie Davis became a hometown legend who in 1961 won the first Heisman Trophy for Syracuse University and was notably the first African-American to win the Heisman. He was elected to the National Football College Hall of Fame in 1979.
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