The Express Essay -- Biography, Ernie Davis

The biography I chose was The Express The Ernie Davis Story. Its somewhat an inspirational and heroic African American Football spieler. Robert C. Gallagher wrote this book. Ernie Davis passed away when he was except 23 years old from leukemia. (Gallagher, 151). Even though his life was defraud he treated others with dignity grace and compassion. The life he conduct made him a hero. He was considered by professionals in his field to be one of the best running backs ever. He was most famous for existence the first African American to win the Heisman trophy (Gallagher, 1).Davis was born, in forward-looking Salem, Pennsylvania on December 14, 1939 (Gallagher, 15). His parents were separated, and his father was killed in an auto fortuity before Davis was born. When Ernie was born his father was deceased and his mother struggled to raise Ernie. She put out that she could not take care of him on her own. When Ernie was about a year old his mother sent him to her parents home to li ve (Gallagher, 19).His grandparents, Willie and Elizabeth Davis had twelve children. Willie worked expectant as a coal miner and Elizabeth was a lady of the house who cared for the children. They raised all of the children including Ernie equally and with the same arrive of love. Ernie called his grandparents mom and papa because he was treated just like their other children. He learned to be generous and appreciative by living in a big family. His grandparents also taught Ernie to have a strong trusting, relationship with deity (Gallagher, 20).Ernie grew up playing with his older uncles. They spent a large amount of time together and he learned many great lessons about sports from them. When Ernie prepared to enter high school, his mother asked him to return to her. Ernie had a hard time ... ... and showed that he had less than a year to live (Gallagher, 124).Ernie went through chemotherapy and spent two months in and out of hospitals On October 4, 1962 his doctor ult imately explained the extent of his illness to him. He also told Davis he could continue to play football if his disease went into remission. Amazingly his leukemia went into remission. His coach made the difficult close to keep him on the sidelines (Gallagher, 151).Ernie never complained about his sickness. He remained hopeful that he could beat the disease and refused any pity offered by others. He was evermore gracious and he never complained to the people who helped him. In the end by and by all his struggles, on May 18, 1963, Ernie Davis passed away (Gallagher, 124). 160 Ernie was one of the finest football players, but more important the finest gentleman Ive ever know(Gallagher,167).