Ashton Cobb grew up 6th in a large family of 11 siblings in
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where his father raised his children in the
precepts of his profession as a minister. Cobb had a close family and
learned the value of the competitive spirit growing up with so many.
Cobb also benefited from his close relationship with his father, as both
enjoyed working out and often went together to the gym. Cobb enjoyed a
healthy small town upbringing, playing sports with his friends and
siblings and praying at his father’s church on Sundays. As the years
flew by for Cobb, his physical attributes became obvious. Topping out at
6’1” and 215lbs. during his college years, Cobb was destined to play
the most physical of competitive sports, football.
Ashton Cobb became a four-year letterman and a first team all-state football safety, so named by The Associated Press, at Center High School in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Cobb started for three years at the strong safety position and was a two-year starter at fullback, as well as playing intermittently as a punter. Cobb received honorable mention for all-state status as a high school sophomore, as well as achieving four-year letterman status in track and field events including the 100-meter dash, the relay, shot put and javelin throw, achieving third in state in shot put as a junior and a senior. Cobb was a member of the football club’s 1200 Club in weightlifting, with top lifts of 370 pounds in bench press and 465 in squats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKyPRGd56E
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Ashton Cobb became a four-year letterman and a first team all-state football safety, so named by The Associated Press, at Center High School in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Cobb started for three years at the strong safety position and was a two-year starter at fullback, as well as playing intermittently as a punter. Cobb received honorable mention for all-state status as a high school sophomore, as well as achieving four-year letterman status in track and field events including the 100-meter dash, the relay, shot put and javelin throw, achieving third in state in shot put as a junior and a senior. Cobb was a member of the football club’s 1200 Club in weightlifting, with top lifts of 370 pounds in bench press and 465 in squats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKyPRGd56E
https://vimeo.com/channels/992357