Walker Lee Ashley

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Walker Lee Ashley | image = | position = Linebacker | number = 58, 54 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|28}} | birth_place = Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = 234 | high_school = Henry Snyder {{nowrap|(Jersey City, New Jersey)}} | college = Penn State | draftyear = 1983 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 73 | teams = * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1988}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1989}}) * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1990}}) | highlights = * National champion (1982) * Second-team All-American (1982) * First-team All-East (1982) * Second-team All-East (1981) | statlabel1 = Interceptions | statvalue1 = 2 | statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue2 = 1 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = A/AshlWa20 }}

'''Walker Lee Ashley''' (born July 28, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/walker_lee_ashley_407590.html | title=Walker Lee Ashley Bio | work=Penn State Athletics | access-date=August 5, 2014 | archive-date=October 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024064141/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/walker_lee_ashley_407590.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Professional career== Ashley was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round (73rd overall) of the 1983 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1983 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1983/draft.htm |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played linebacker for the Vikings from 1983 to 1988 and again in 1990 after a one-year stint with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989.<ref name="nfl-profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.nfl.com/player/walkerleeashley/2508693/profile | title=Walker Lee Ashley, LB | publisher=National Football League | access-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life== Ashley was born in Bayonne, New Jersey.<ref name="nfl-profile" /> Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Ashley attended Henry Snyder High School.<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/10/14/moments-of-gridiron-greatness-the-history-of-football-in-jersey-city/ "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."</ref>

His son, also Walker Lee Ashley, played football for the USC Trojans<ref name="trojans">{{cite web | url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ashley_walkerlee00.html | title=Walker Lee Ashley Bio | work=USC Trojan Athletics | access-date=August 5, 2014 | archive-date=August 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041615/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ashley_walkerlee00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> for one season and left the program.

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