Walker Lee Ashley
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Bayonne, New Jersey | July 28, 1960||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Jersey City (NJ) Snyder | ||||||
College: | Penn State | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | ||||||
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Walker Lee Ashley (born July 28, 1960) is a retired American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs.
College career[]
Ashley was a member of the 1982 Penn State National Championship team and an All American defensive end.[1]
Professional career[]
Ashley played linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings from 1983 to 1988 and again in 1990 after a one-year stint with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989.[2]
Personal life[]
Ashley was born in Bayonne, New Jersey.[2] Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Ashley attended Henry Snyder High School.[3]
His son, also Walker Lee Ashley, played football for the USC Trojans[4] for one season and left the program.
References[]
- ^ "Walker Lee Ashley Bio". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ a b "Walker Lee Ashley, LB". National Football League. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Moments of Gridiron Greatness The history of football in Jersey City", The Hudson Reporter, October 14, 2007. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Jersey City native Walker Lee Ashley, a graduate of Snyder High School, went from leading Penn State to a national title in 1982 to a fine career in the NFL as a linebacker with the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs."
- ^ "Walker Lee Ashley Bio". USC Trojan Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
Categories:
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Henry Snyder High School alumni
- Sportspeople from Bayonne, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Jersey City, New Jersey
- American football linebackers
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- American football linebacker, 1960s birth stubs