<P> Ernest Davis ( December 14 , 1939 -- May 18 , 1963 ) was an American football player , a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and was its first African - American winner . </P>
<P> Ernest Davis ( December 14 , 1939 -- May 18 , 1963 ) was an American football player , a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and was its first African - American winner . </P>
who was the first black football player to win the heisman trophy
who was the first black football player to win the heisman trophy
Ernest Davis
Ernest Davis