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Take 5: Football Biopics

' The Express," which opens Friday, tells the story of Ernie Davis, the Syracuse University running back who, in 1961, became the first black to win college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy. Here are five other notable football biopics:

KNUTE ROCKNE - ALL AMERICAN (1940) - Pat O'Brien starred as the larger-than-life Notre Dame coach. Ronald Reagan played his star running back, George...

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