page_title: Glenn Davis (halfback)
section_title: After West Point
hierarchical_section_title: Glenn Davis (halfback) / After West Point
caption_attribution_description: English: American football player Glenn Davis of the Los Angeles Rams depicted on a 1950 Bowman Gum football card
context_page_description: Glenn Woodward Davis was a professional American football player for the Los Angeles Rams. He is best known for his college football career for the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1943 to 1946, where he was known as "Mr. Outside." He was named a consensus All-American three times, and in 1946 won the Heisman Trophy and was named Sporting News Player of the Year and Associated Press Athlete of the Year.
context_section_description: Davis graduated from West Point in June 1947 and entered the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant. He was offered a contract and $75,000 signing bonus by the Brooklyn Dodgers, but declined, as he was required to serve in the Army and would be a relatively old rookie after that.
  In spite of Davis' service obligation, the Detroit Lions of the National Football League selected Davis with the second overall pick of the 1947 NFL Draft, held in December 1946. In September 1947, the Los Angeles Rams acquired the rights to Davis from the Lions. He applied to resign his commission in December, but  was refused by the Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall.
  Davis was also denied extended furloughs or other accommodations that might allow him to play football while serving in the Army. There was public feeling that after the expense of his West Point education, he should not just go off to play football.
  Davis (and Blanchard) did earn $25,000 each by appearing in the low-budget movie Spirit of West Point (about their football careers). Davis tore a ligament in his right knee during filming.
  Davis served three years in the Army. While on leave in 1948, he attended the Rams training camp and played in a preseason game. He then reported for duty in Korea (this was before the Korean War, which began after he returned to the U.S.).
caption: Davis depicted with the Rams in 1950
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