Posted at 10:36 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2007
Charles Ane, Hawai'i football legend, dies
By Ferd Lewis
Advertiser Staff Writer
He was 76.
Ane was a key two-way lineman on the powerful Punahou School teams of the late 1940s, was an All-Coast selection at Southern California in the early 1950s and was a Pro Bowl pick during a seven-year NFL run with the Lions.
Ane, who was a head coach at Damien and an assistant at Punahou, Radford and Kaimuki, also served as an inspiration to players who would follow him into coaching.
Ane was selected to five athletics hall of fames — Punahou, USC, Detroit Lions, Samoan and Hawai'i Sports. The last one, USC came a week ago, where he was represented by his family.
Ane and son Kale, who played at Punahou, Michigan State and in the NFL with Kansas City and Green Bay, were among the first father-son combos to play in the Hula Bowl.
Charlie assisted Kale for four seasons at Punahou from 1999 and worked the 2005 state championship game from the press box.
