Horace Ashenfelter Autographs
Horace Ashenfelter III (January 23, 1923 – January 6, 2018) was an American athlete. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956. During his career he won fifteen national AAU titles and three collegiate national titles.
Ashenfelter was born in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where he attended Collegeville High School. He completed his degree at Penn State, where he was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, and served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot and gunnery instructor during World War II.
Although he was considered a long shot, Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki with a dramatic surge on the last lap following the final water jump after trailing substantially early in the race. In what was considered an early athletic Cold War battle, he finished ahead of Vladimir Kazantsev of the USSR and John Disley of Great Britain, and broke Kazantsev's unofficial world record (the IAAF did not accept official records in the steeplechase until 1954) in the process. Since Ashenfelter worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it led to humorous comments about him being the first American spy who allowed himself to be chased by a Russian KGB agent (Kazantsev was a KGB officer). In addition, Ashenfelter won the Sullivan Award as outstanding amateur athlete for the year 1952.
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Current items with a signature of Horace Ashenfelter
These are the most current items with a signature of Horace Ashenfelter that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Horace Ashenfelter Signed 3x5 Index Card w/ JSA Track and Field Hall of Famer! | $30.00 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Horace Ashenfelter
The most expensive item with a signature of Horace Ashenfelter (Horace Ashenfelter Signed 3x5 Index Card w/ JSA Track and Field Hall of Famer!) was sold in April 2026 for $30.00 while the cheapest item (Horace Ashenfelter III is a retired American athlete Hand Signed Index Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2011 with an average selling price of $8.74 for an autographed item of Horace Ashenfelter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $30.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2012. In average, an autographed item from Horace Ashenfelter is worth $12.90.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Horace Ashenfelter were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1952 Olympics T&F 3000m Steeplechase Gold HORACE ASHENFELTER Orig Autograph 80s | $13.30 |  |
| Horace Ashenfelter **Signature / Autograph** 1952 Olympic Gold Medal | $19.98 | |
 | HORACE ASHENFELTER **Signed 4 x 6 photo** 1952 Olympic Gold Medal | $29.98 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter - Olympic Gold Medalist - Autographed 4x6 Photograph | $6.61 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter 1952 Olympic Gold Signed 3x5 Index Card Authentic Auto M7 | $19.99 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter Autograph Signed Photo Olympics Steeplechase,Track & Field | $28.00 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter Hand Signed Olympic Event Cover (Steeplechase) | $5.27 | |
| HORACE ASHENFELTER HAND SIGNED PHOTO AUTOGRAPHED | $15.00 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter III is a retired American athlete Hand Signed Index Card | $0.99 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter Olympic Gold Track Signed Autograph | $11.99 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter signed 3x5 card Olympic Steeplechase | $15.00 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter Signed 3x5 Index Card w/ JSA Track and Field Hall of Famer! | $30.00 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter Signed 3x5 Index Card w/ JSA Track and Field Hall of Famer! | $30.00 | |
| Horace Ashenfelter ✝ 3000m steeple. Olympic Champion 1964 USA original autograph | $17.91 | |
| HORACE ASHENFELTER,SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 INDEX CARD, US OLYMPIAN, 1952 GOLD | $2.99 | |
