Ane excelled in baseball, basketball and track as well as football at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

[1] Ane attended Compton Community College,[2] before transferring to the University of Southern California.

[4] He helped the Lions to three division titles, two NFL championships and was voted team captain from 1958 to 1959.

Ane was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960 NFL Expansion Draft, but he opted to retire instead of reporting to the team.

His son, Charles "Kale" Teetai Ane III played at Michigan State and for seven seasons in the NFL before becoming head football coach at Punahou School.