U-Ernie Davis wayengumdlali webhola laseMelika owagqama njengogijimayo ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Ube ngumdlali wokuqala omnyama ukuthola i-Heisman Trophy, eklonyeliswe umdlali webhola wasekolishi ohamba phambili. Umsebenzi wakhe wanqanyulwa ngenxa yokugula okubulalayo, okwamenza waba isihlabani sezemidlalo kanye nesibonelo sokuqina nokuzimisela. Kule biography, sizohlola impilo nomsebenzi ka-Ernie Davis, ithonya lakhe kwezemidlalo, kanye nefa lakhe elihlala njalo.
Kwakuyini ukugula okwathinta u-Ernie Davis, owokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukunqoba i-Heisman?
U-Ernie Davis, umMelika wokuqala omnyama ukuwina iHeisman Trophy, watholakala ene -leukemia , uhlobo lomdlavuza oluthinta amangqamuzana egazi. Ngokudabukisayo, lesi sifo sathatha impilo kaDavis eneminyaka engu-23 ngo-1963. Naphezu komsebenzi wakhe webhola othembisayo, i-leukemia yanciphisa amaphupho akhe futhi yashiya ifa lokulwa nalesi sifo.
U-Ernie Davis: Biography
U-Ernest “Ernie” Davis (1939-1963) wayengumuntu osemusha wase-Afrika-waseMelika, okwathi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nje kuphela, wenza umehluko kwezemidlalo zaseMelika. Wazalelwa ePennsylvania, waba yinkanyezi yebhola laseMelika, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, waba yithonya elishukumisayo ngemuva kwenhlangano yokulwa nobandlululo e-United States.
Abaneminyaka engu-44 ubudala ababephethe i-flannel yabo ngokuziqhenya baba uphawu, njengoba ukusebenza kwabo kwakuhlelwe esimweni esiyinkimbinkimbi, njengoba i-United States ye-50s yazi iNingizimu eyinkimbinkimbi, enezingxabano zobuhlanga eziphawulekayo. U-Ernie wenza umsebenzi wakhe ngenxa yamamaki akhe amahle kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezemidlalo; wawina izindebe nezinhliziyo.
Phakathi nokuphila kwakhe, walwa ne-leukemia. Wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo engakaze adlale umdlalo wobungcweti futhi wagcina engasafi njenge-Elmira Express, okwenza leli dolobha lagqama.
I-Biografia
IPennsylvania yisifunda esisenyakatho ye-United States. Ihlala ngenhla kweWashington futhi iseduze neNew Jersey, lapho iNew York itholakala khona. Abantu bakhona bangamaphesenti angama-97 abamhlophe.
Lapho, edolobheni elincane elibizwa ngokuthi i-New Salem, u-Ernest "Ernie" Davis wazalwa ngo-December 14, 1939. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe, uyise washona engozini yemoto. Umama wakhe, u-Avis Marie Davis Fleming, wamshiya kugogo nomkhulu wakhe, uWilly no-Elizabeth Davis. Wayenezinyanga ezingu-14 kuphela ubudala.
Izifundo zokuqala
Ugogo nomkhulu wakhe babehlala e-Uniontown, idolobha eliseningizimu yesifunda elinabantu abangaphansi kwama-250. Lapho, waqala imfundo yakhe yokuqala, kwaze kwaba yilapho unina nosingayise bamthatha wahamba nabo. Wayeseneminyaka engu-12 kakade.
Kwadingeka ajwayele i-Elmira, eNew York, idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke ake walibona, elinabantu abangaba ngu-30.000. U-Ernie waphumelela kahle ezifundweni zakhe futhi waphumelela kwezemidlalo. Wayemude futhi edlale i-baseball, ibhola lezinyawo ne-basketball kusukela esikoleni sabaqalayo.
Udlale iligi encane yebhola lezinyawo i-Elmira. Uthole izindondo ezimbili ze-All-America, umehluko kazwelonke phakathi kwabadlali abaphambili besizwe. Lokhu kwenzeka ngo-1952 nango-1953.
Wabe esengena e-Elmira Free Academy. Amakhono akhe ebhola likanobhutshuzwayo aqashelwa ngokushesha: waphumelela njengomdlali ogijima emuva, isikhundla asibambe impilo yakhe yonke.
Umqondo
Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-19, lokho okuthiwa yimithetho kaJim Crow kwakukhuthaza ukucwasa nokucwasana e-United States. Izinkulumo zobuciko, ezokuzijabulisa nezemidlalo kwakuyizindawo lapho ubandlululo lwaludlange khona.
Phakathi neminyaka yawo-50 nawo-60, i-United States yaba nokuchuma okukhulu kwezomnotho, kodwa ukuhlukana ngokobuhlanga nakho kwagqama kakhulu. Izinhlanga eziholwa yizibalo ezinjengoMartin Luther King Jr. zaletha lolu daba emphakathini.
Isikhathi sasenyuvesi
Lapho u-Ernie eqeda esikoleni esiphakeme, waqala ukucabangela ikolishi. Amamaki akhe abemahle, futhi ukusebenza kwakhe kwezokusubatha kwamenza wathola imiklomelo nokuqashelwa. Noma kunjalo, amanyuvesi amaningi avala iminyango yawo.
Ekugcineni, iNyuvesi yaseSyracuse, enyakatho nje ye-Elmira, yakwamukela. Njengomfundi wesibili, wahola iqembu emqhudelwaneni kazwelonke. Lokho kwakungo-1959, futhi indaba yaphetha ngokunqoba i-University of Texas Longhorns.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, waya eCotton Tazon, lapho aqokwa khona njengomdlali obaluleke kakhulu kule sizini. Iphephandaba lakubo elibizwa ngokuthi i-Elmira Star Gazette , ngaphansi kwencwadi yentatheli yezemidlalo u-Al Mallette, lamqamba ngokuthi i-Elmira Express.
U-Ernie Davis wayengumgijimi ongavimbeki, njengesitimela. Ngonyaka wakhe omusha, waqopha irekhodi ngamayadi angu-7,8 ngokujaha ngakunye. Ubengowesithathu ezihola phambili kuleli, egijimela amayadi angu-100 emidlalweni eyisithupha kweyisishiyagalolunye.
Ngo-1960 kwaphawula ukunqoba kweqembu laseSyracuse, ngerekhodi lama-7-2. Ngonyaka olandelayo, ngonyaka wakhe wokugcina njengeSyracuse Orange, waqeda ngerekhodi lama-8-3. Unqobe iMiami Hurricanes ku-Liberty Bowl.
Iklonyeliswe eningizimu
ENyakatho, umfana wayethandwa futhi ethandwa kakhulu, kodwa eNingizimu, isimo sasiyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ngesikhathi se-1961 Cotton Bowl, waklonyeliswa nge-Heisman Trophy, umsubathi wokuqala omnyama ukuyithola.
Umcimbi ububanjelwe eDallas, eTexas, eningizimu yezwe. Ikomidi elihlelayo lenza isicelo esingavamile: lafuna ukuthi, lapho umklomelo usutholakele, owinile akhishwe ayiswe endaweni yokudlela ehlukanisiwe, ehlukene nomcimbi. U-Ernie nabanye ozakwabo ababili base-Afrika-America basusiwe, naphezu kwemibhikisho yeqembu lonke.
Ngo-1962, lapho eneminyaka engu-23 kuphela ubudala, iNational Football League (NFL) yambiza ngenombolo yokuqala ohlwini lwayo lwabadlali ababaluleke kakhulu. Bekungokokuqala ukuthi kuqokwe umuntu wase-Afrika-waseMelika kuleso sikhundla; ngemuva kwalokho bamenze watholakala kuwo wonke amaqembu akuleli.
IWashington Redskins yambhala ngokushesha. Nokho ingcindezi yobandlululo ebibhekene neqembu ibaphoqe ukuthi bahoxe.
Iqashwe nguCleveland
Lo mbono wobandlululo ekuqaleni kwawo-1960 wawushubile futhi wazibonakalisa ekwaliwa kukaDavis. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho abakwaCleveland Brown bamengeza emalini yabo yokuhola. U-Ernie usayine inkontileka yeminyaka emithathu ngo-$200, kanye nemibandela ekhethekile. Waba i-rookie ekhokhelwa kakhulu emlandweni.
Udlale imidlalo yobungani embalwa, kodwa akazange aphumelele emdlalweni wakhe wokuqala wobungcweti ngoba washona ngo-1962.
Morte
Phakathi nomdlalo, ngesikhathi ezungeza inkundla ukuze athole ihlombe, u-Ernie Davis wawa phansi waquleka. Wayiswa esibhedlela futhi wathola ukuthi une-acute hemorrhagic leukemia. Wafa ngoMeyi 18, 1962.
Ngemva kokushona kwakhe, ithimba leNyuvesi yaseSyracuse lathatha umhlalaphansi inombolo engu-44 kuyo yonke imidlalo yokuhlonipha le nsizwa. Ngonyaka olandelayo, uMongameli wase-U.S. uJohn F. Kennedy ngokwakhe wamchaza njengesakhamuzi esingavamile nesibonelo esihle entsheni.
Ngo-1979, wafakwa eHholo Lodumo Lebhola Lochwepheshe ngemuva kokufa . Ngisho ne-ejensi yeposi yeTelegraph yashintsha ikhodi yeposi yeSyracuse University, yamnika inombolo engu-12344 ukuhlonipha u-Ernie Davis.
Ngo-2018, kwakhishwa ifilimu ethi The Express , eqondiswe nguGary Fleder. Le filimu yayisekelwe encwadini ekhuluma ngezenzakalo zangempela ebizwa ngokuthi i-Elmira's Express: The Story of Ernie Davis , ebhalwe nguRobert C. Gallagher.
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