Russell "Pete" Ashbaugh
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| Born | 1922 Youngstown, Ohio |
Russell G. ("Pete") Ashbaugh, Jr. (born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1922) was a football standout at the University of Notre Dame who went on to play for the Chicago Rockets in the late 1940s.[1]
Ashbaugh gained early recognition as an All-City Gridder at Youngstown's South High School, in 1938, where he quarterbacked under his father, former Brown University gridder Russell ("Busty") Ashbaugh.[2] He went on to play varsity football at Notre Dame both before and after World War II, distinguishing himself as a member of "the Fighting Irish" 1946-1947 national champion teams.[3]
Ashbaugh's subsequent professional career with the Chicago Rockets was cut short by a knee injury.[4] At the close of his sports career, he joined the Elkhart Brass Company, in Elkhart, Indiana, and eventually rose to the position of chief executive officer.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, November 13, 1977.
- ^ The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, November 13, 1977.
- ^ The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, November 13, 1977.
- ^ The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, November 13, 1977.
- ^ The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, November 13, 1977.
