The Express - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of The Express or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Express

[nicholas]

The scene where Ernie Davis is introduced on the field during a Cleveland Brown's home pre-season game was filmed at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The uniquely styled rooftop lights and press box are visible behind Rob Brown.

[ronnie]

During Ernie Davis' Cleveland Browns physical, the doctor feels Davis' neck and asks if has been feeling well. Swollen lymph glands in the neck are a symptom of leukemia, they also can mean the body is just fighting infection.

[scarlett]

Rob Brown and Geoff Stults both played football in college. Brown played at Amherst College and Stults played at Whittier College.

[clayton]

Chadwick Boseman's movie debut.

[jessica]

Dennis Quaid's character plays as a coach who used to coach Jim Brown. In Any Given Sunday (1999), Quaid stars as the veteran quarterback while the real Jim Brown plays as a defensive line coach.

[miriam]

Career team record at Syracuse: 11-0 in 1959, 7-2 in 1960, and 8-3 in 1961.

[manuel]

In this film, Nicole Beharie plays the girlfriend of the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. In 42 (2013), she plays the wife of the first African American to play Major League Baseball.