Red Raiders Who Served
Each week during the 2024 season RR4L will focus on a former Red Raider that served in the military. If you played football at Ship and served your country, let us know and we will include you in our feature. Thanks to all those who have served and we are proud of our Red Raider brothers that made the commitment.
Fred “Snake” Glasgow
Fred Glasgow from New Enterprise, PA set numerous Red Raider rushing and scoring records while lettering three years in football. Before his arrival in Shippensburg Fred was an All-State player at Northern Bedford High School. He set state records for most yards in a career and most in one game. His best were 414 yards in one game against Shade Central, 2,065 yards and 29 touchdowns in 1973 and 4,615 yards for his career.
In 1976 he led the Red Raiders in rushing with 220 carries for 990 yards and 10 touchdowns. Shippensburg won the Pennsylvania Conference Western Division title that year. In 1977, though injured, he led the team in rushing with 771 yards on 201 carries. He scored 12 touchdowns to lead the team again. Fred suffered more injuries in 1978 but still led the team in rushing with 164 carries for 521 yards and eight touchdowns. In the final game of the season against California (Pa) he rushed for a career high 163 yards. Shippensburg was co-champion of the western division in 1978.
Fred set the school career rushing record with 2,282 yard and the career scoring record with 30 touchdowns and four extra points. His average of 76.1 yards per game was also a career rushing record. Fred was a co-captain in 1978, his senior year, and during his career earned All-Pennsylvania Conference first team honors and received honorable mention in the voting for All-American by the Associated Press in 1976 and 1977. He was inducted into the Shippensburg University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989.
“Being at Ship gave me the opportunity to be around, what turns out to be lifelong friends who played the sport for the love of football vice what monetary reward they would receive.” Fred Glasgow ‘78
Service After Football
Fred “Snake” Glasgow joined the Navy In 1980 and went through Navy Aviation officer’s candidate school and later in his career attended the Navy fighter weapons school (popularly known as top gun). He appeared in the original film “Top Gun”. During his time with the Navy Fred logged over 3000 hours of flight time and 500 carrier landings (traps) as well as 25 combat flights and over 100 combat hours in the F-14 Tomcat.
Fred’s F-14 squadron positions while in the Navy include; Maintenance Officer, Operations Officer and Assistant Officer in Charge. Fred spent most of his Navy career at Naval Air Station Miramar (San Diego, CA). He was also stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola (Pensacola, FL), Naval Air Weapons Center Point Mugu (Oxnard, CA) and on the Commander Sixth Fleet staff in Gaeta, Italy. Fred retired a Lieutenant Commander (O-4) in 1997.
“As with football, Naval Aviation life was all about being a good team mate because there, we were all trusting each other with our lives.” Fred Glasgow
Axel “Ax” Feltenberger ‘72
Born and raised in Huntingdon, Pa., Ax attended Ship from 1968 to 1972 where he was a two year letter winner and starting defensive end his senior year. Ax stood 5’8” and weighed in at 175lbs. His junior year was cut short when he was injured midway through the season. The media guide called Ax “a fine athlete and a great tackler”. He was coached by Dave Dolbin and assistant coahes Jim Pribula, Bob Rollins, Don Miller and Steve Ecker. The Raiders struggled for victories in those years going 5-3 in 1968, 1-7 in 1969, 3-5 in 1970 and 2-6 in 1971. But Ax has fond memories of his playing days at Ship.
“I loved and miss my football playing days at Shippensburg. I learned perseverance and commitment as well as leadership and tenacity which served me well in later years.” Axel Feltenberger
Service After Football
Ax was commissioned a Marine Corps officer after graduation in August ’72 and went through Navy flight training. After earning his Naval Aviator wings in June ’74 he spent the next decades flying tactical jet aircraft over much of the world with billets of increasing responsibility. From August ’91 through August’93 Ax was privileged to be the Commanding Officer of VMA-131, an A-4 Skyhawk squadron. He was promoted to Colonel and retired in August ’95. In October ’15 he retired from his second career as a pilot for Delta Airlines. Ax married his Shippensburg college sweetheart, Pam Remaley. They will celebrate 52 years of marriage in October’24.
