Walker Lee Ashley
Encyclopedia
Walker Lee Ashley is a retired American football
linebacker
who played in the National Football League
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from 1983–1988 and 1990 and the Kansas City Chiefs
from 1988 to 1989.
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His son, also Walker Lee Ashley, played football for the USC Trojans
for one season and left the program. In early 2008, Walker Lee Ashley III became a representative for the rapidly growing SoundSick Entertainment and Music Group, an entertainment and music company based out of Minneapolis, MN.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
who played in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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College career
Ashley was a member of the 1982 Penn State National Championship team1983 Sugar Bowl
The 1983 Sugar Bowl was the 49th edition to the annual game. It featured the second-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions, and the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Penn State won 27-23, to win the national championship, and finish number 1 in the polls....
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Pro career
Ashley played linebacker for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
from 1983–1988 and 1990 and the Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
from 1988 to 1989.
Personal
Ashley was born in Bayonne, New JerseyBayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is a peninsula that is situated between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east...
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His son, also Walker Lee Ashley, played football for the USC Trojans
USC Trojans
The USC Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. While the men's teams are nicknamed the Trojans, the women's athletic teams are referred to as either the Trojans or Women of Troy...
for one season and left the program. In early 2008, Walker Lee Ashley III became a representative for the rapidly growing SoundSick Entertainment and Music Group, an entertainment and music company based out of Minneapolis, MN.