Russell "Pete" Ashbaugh

Who is Russell "Pete" Ashbaugh?

Russell G. "Pete" Ashbaugh, Jr. was a football standout at the University of Notre Dame who went on to play for the Chicago Rockets in the late 1940s.

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 Ashbaugh. 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.

Ashbaugh's subsequent professional career with the Chicago Rockets was cut short by a knee injury. 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.