“Legacy of #44 at Syracuse University spans decades of sports history”

Meg Mason, university archivist with the Special Collections Research Center in Bird Library, was interviewed for the Spectrum News story “Legacy of #44 at Syracuse University spans decades of sports history.” Last December marked the 60th anniversary of Ernie Davis becoming the first Black athlete to win the Heisman Trophy in college football history. Mason discussed Davis’s legacy and that of other Syracuse football players in relation to the University archives housed in Bird Library. “That’s why the number 44, because of Brown, Davis, and Lloyd, is so sacred on campus,” Mason said.