Davidson began his professional football career in 1905, as the quarterback and kicker for the Shelby Blues. Davidson was considered the greatest professional kicker of his era. He continued to play for the Blues the next season in 1906. However, he was signed to play for Massillon Tigers in the Ohio League championship against the Canton Bulldogs in a two-game series. Massillon would go on to lose the first game of the series, 10–5, but won the second game by a score of 13–6 and clinched the 1906 league championship. However rumors of a betting fix tainted the championship. After the series, Davidson returned Shelby and played there in 1907. He chose to sit out the 1908 season because he was under contract to Cleveland Naps and did not want to risk injury.\n', '

Davidson returned to the Shelby Blues in 1909 and played in the league alongside, Peggy Parratt, the team\'s new player-coach. Homer would go on to win many games for Parratt with his punts and field goals. While there are some slight indications that Davidson and Parratt disliked each other, Davidson usually played for him anyway.\n', '

In 1910 he was recruited to play for the Shelby Tigers, where he became the team\'s star attraction. In 1911, the Davidson\'s Shelby Tigers and Parratt\'s Shelby Blues merged and took the "Blues" name. That season the Blues defeated the Akron Indians, 3–0, on a Davidson field goal. Due to their outstanding play Davidson and Parratt were often targeted by opposing teams on the field. In 1911, the Canton Professionals (later renamed the Canton Bulldogs) fans greeted the Blues with large signs reading "Get Parratt!" and "Get Davidson!" The team had heard rumors that the Canton Professionals had hired two professional boxers to hurt Shelby\'s star player. While no boxers showed up in uniform for the Professionals that game, the first half of the game resulted in several fist fights. Davidson and the Blues would go on to win the 1911 Ohio League title.\n', '

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