Russell "Pete" Ashbaugh

Pete Ashbaugh

Chicago Rockets
Ashbaugh, circa 1942
Date of birth	(1921-05-23)May 23, 1921
Place of birth	Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death	August 16, 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 88)
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
NFL draft	1944 / round: 27 / pick: 283
Drafted by	Pittsburgh Steelers
Career history
As player
1946–1947	Notre Dame (football)
Career highlights and awards
Championships 2× National (1946, 1947)

Russell G. "Pete" Ashbaugh Jr. (May 23, 1921 – August 16, 2009^[1]) was an American football standout at the University of Notre Dame who went on to play for the Chicago Rockets in the late 1940s.^[2]

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 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 Fighting Irish national championship teams of 1946 and 1947.^[2]

Ashbaugh's subsequent professional career with the Chicago Rockets was cut short by a knee injury.^[2] 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.^[2]