In 1967, Notre Dame captured its first Ohio High School Athletic Association state championship.
[4] He was offered a football scholarship to Miami University with then-coach Bo Schembechler to be the team's third-string quarterback, but Ealey refused.
[8] Due to his amateur accomplishments, Ealey is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
He did not start as quarterback until the third game of his rookie season, but then proceeded to lead Hamilton to an 11–3 record and first place in the East Division.
A documentary film on his life, Undefeated: The Chuck Ealey Story was aired on November 27, 2008.
[12] Chuck Ealey is one of a number of black athletes featured in Choice of Colours: The Pioneering African-American Quarterbacks Who Changed the Face of Football, a book for young readers released in 2008.
It is part of Engraved on a Nation, a series of eight documentaries celebrating the 100th Grey Cup that aired on TSN in October 2012.