Education
Ane attended Compton Community College, before transferring to the University of Southern California.
Ane attended Compton Community College, before transferring to the University of Southern California.
He played college football at the University of Southern California. Ane excelled in baseball, basketball and track as well as football at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a key two-way lineman on the powerful Buffanblu teams of the late 1940s.
He was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2015, he was inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. He was a two-way tackle and quarterback in the single wing offense.
He also played baseball before leaving a year early for the NFL. He was an All-Coast selection in the early 1950s. In 2007, he was inducted into the University of Southern California Athletic Hall Of Fame.
Ane was selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round (49th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
As a rookie he was a backup for center Vince Banonis. The next year was named the starter at right tackle. After his third year. he was rotated between the center and the right tackle positions throughout his career.
He was elected to the Pro Bowl in 1956 and 1958.
He helped the Lions to three division titles, two NFL championships and was voted team captain from 1958-1959. He only missed one game during his seven year career.
Ane was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft, but he opted to retire instead of reporting to the team Ane served as head football coach at Damien Memorial School on Oahu and Saint Anthony High School on Maui and was an assistant coach at Punahou, Radford High School and Kaimuki High School.