By LEBA HERTZ, San Francisco Chronicle

In "The Express," Rob Brown stars as Syracuse University's Ernie Davis, the first African American Heisman Trophy winner, who died of leukemia a year after wining the honor in 1962.

"Rudy": (1993) Notre Dame fans love this inspirational film starring Sean Astin as a walk-on who gets his moment on the gridiron.

Movies about athletes are not unusual, but "The Express" focuses on a fairly exclusive club: Heisman Trophy winners. Since we're talking Hollywood here, we thought we'd put together a list of some of the Heisman champs who have a connection, in one way or another, to the world of motion pictures.

With the Friday opening of the movie version of the musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA once again takes center stage in a movie.

Here's a look at some other films in which the music of the '70s and '80s Swedish supergroup played a prominent role.

Dominic Cooper has a short resume in theater and film but it is nonetheless impressive, and with his brooding good looks, he just may be the next British heartthrob to make it big in United States.