ASSOCIATED PRESSSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Five months after it was removed to correct historic inaccuracies, a statue of former Syracuse University running back Ernie Davis is back on campus.
The permanent memorial to the first black Heisman Trophy recipient, created by sculptor Bruno Luchessi, was re-installed Tuesday morning.
The life-size statue depicts Davis, known as “The Elmira Express,” standing in his Syracuse uniform holding a helmet under his left arm and a football in his right hand.
The original, unveiled in September, mistakenly showed Davis in Nike cleats and carrying a modern football and helmet.
Davis died of leukemia in 1963. He led the Orange to its only national championship in 1959 and won the Heisman in 1961, nearly a decade before Nike was formed.
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