The Bills selected Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis from Syracuse with their first pick, but Davis chose instead to play with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
Marshall's chief response was to make Ernie Davis, Syracuse's all-American running back, his number-one draft choice for 1962.
Heisman winner and Football standout Ernie Davis was born in the Buffington section of the township, and raised in nearby Uniontown.
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In 1959 he played on the Orangemen's national championship squad with future Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis.