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Which Syracuse Orange football player is known as "The Elmira Express"?

  • Jim Brown

  • Ernie Davis

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  • Larry Csonka

Answer

Ernie Davis, who played for the Syracuse Orange from 1959 to 1961, was nicknamed "The Elmira Express" due to his incredible speed and agility on the field. He was the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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