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  2. The Express: The Ernie Davis Story is a 2008 American sports film produced by John Davis and directed by Gary Fleder. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Charles Leavitt from a 1983 book Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, authored by Robert C. Gallagher.

  3. Oct 10, 2008 · The Express: Directed by Gary Fleder. With Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Omar Benson Miller. A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

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  4. Jan 20, 2009 · Rising from the humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest honor—the Heisman Trophy. Starring Dennis Quaid as the hard-nosed coach that helped drive him to greatness, The Express is a powerful story of triumph on and off the field that will ...

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  5. Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Following his draft by the NFL, tragedy struck the star athlete and he was never able to take the professional field.

  6. Oct 8, 2008 · Gary Fleder does more than that in telling the story of Ernie Davis ("The Elmira Express"), the running back for Syracuse who became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, in 1961. Davis was drafted by pro football, but then leukemia was discovered, he never played a pro game and died in 1963.

  7. Watch The Express: The Ernie Davis Story live. TV-14 • Special Interest, Sports • TV Series. A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American...

  8. An enduring story of a true scholar-athlete, The Express is a touching, impeccably researched, deeply personal portrait of Ernie Davis, and a vivid look at sport in America at the...

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