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He's wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.
You don't even be eating no deviled egg.
PLAYER: Hey, Coach!
I don't want to hurt you anymore.
and see your name, your face.
And then Jimmy Brown shows up,
Regulations!
Let's take advantage.
I want to know something.
Thank you, sir.
Here in the second quarter, Kansas on top of Syracuse, 7-0.
You're a goddamn running back. You're my goddamn running back,
Math, basic literature...
I know this wasn't the most welcoming place for you, but that's not my fault.
You were down!
All right. You sure? Yeah.
He crosses the goal line to put Syracuse on the board.
Well, he's a Negro boy, Ben.
I'm sorry.
Come on, son. Let's go. For me?
To Syracuse University department of athletics.
Let's go! Now make no mistake, gentlemen.
But you know what, so are they.
Ernie, what are you doing?
You don't stop this quick, it's gonna get out of hand.
Sorry, my dear, we got things to do, people to meet.
ALL: Break!
Must be nice having the number one draft pick, huh, George?
And a nigger, how sad is that?
or how I wanted to make my mark.
There are some lines that some people don't care to see crossed,
grace of God I am what I am.
Class of '31.
with a last chance shot at the end zone.
Set! Hut one.
Now what? You gonna stare at it all night?
ALL: Texas.
Will, we won.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Were you the first in your family to go to college?
You're not there. You don't know him.
This is what pain is for.
/ was...
Ernie, get up!
MAN: We are still not yet...
That's not all you were raised to believe, now was it?
Davis, hamstring.
How do you do?
Yeah, I...
(GRUNTS)
Ernie!
No, no, no. Not that, that's the gas. Better step on the brake.
Yes. Jack, Art and me, we're all a part of your team.
Brokaw, come here! Yes, Coach.
Ernie Davis goes through the paces
I'm sorry I lost my temper.
But no sense in getting hurt worse, right?
Ernie Davis has not joined the rest of the Orangemen
He got run off.
Okay, put that away now, please.
two very dominant football players
Strong load right, 42 shovel pass.
Gentlemen, congratulations.
I know today is a proud day for you. You've really accomplished something here.
that I wasn't running from, I was running to.
Pain is how you learn.
The first is Ernest R. Davis from Syracuse University.
MALE NARRATOR 2: I believe in this world to come.
Down 15 to nothing, the Longhorns are
So, things are good.
Coach, I can still get back out there and play.
Those days are done.
Ernie. His name is Ernie Davis.
You're not gonna play. Not now.
Next question.
To a very nice man.
Well, go ahead. Get in there.
(MARTY BLOWS WHISTLE)
here at the very, very quiet Archbold Stadium.
/ know when I first heard it myself,
Mumps. What?
And for the Syracuse faithful, there's a sense of disbelief,
But that sweep where you cut back to the middle?
JACK: You guys see what happened?
QUARTERBACK: Tight right, 34 wide dig. Ready?
how much he'd like to see you come play for us.
/ can't tell you the exact moment I knew what it was I wanted to be
JACK: We call that, The white girl speech,
Ernie, if you get the ball, go all the way.
Coach, I'm...
yet not I,
POPS: You can do it.
Run a lap.
as Holy Cross has knocked off the mighty Orangemen.
This is quite a ruckus.
BROWN: I want you to go out. Keep going. Back. Back. All right.
Same holds true off the field.
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Heisman Trophy all the way.
These are the goddamn Texas Longhorns!
We don't want to integrate!
You had a terrific year here at Syracuse, Jim.
I'm Jewish.
The day you're not up to it, I'll take it away as quick as a hiccup.
MAN: Yes, it is.
ANNOUNCER: As play resumes here at the Cotton Bowl,
Ernie?
Who told you this, your coach?
What we up to? Three miles?
(ALL BOOING)
But this is not just a game anymore.
It's a new trend.