All-America Football Conference Career
Ruby was selected by the Chicago Bears in the annual draft of college football players, in Chicago, Illinois, on December 22, 1941. He played his first professional game for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cleveland Browns. The Browns won 26-7 at Cleveland Stadium on October 6, 1946. Ruby helped account for the Dodgers' only score by recovering a Cliff Lewis fumble on the Browns' 6-yard-line, in the 3rd Quarter. Ruby recovered an Andy Dudish fumble early in the 1st Quarter during a November loss to the Buffalo Bisons. Ruby was named to the 1946 All-Pro second team picked by the Associated Press, on December 12. He was chosen, along with Bruiser Kinard, as one of two outstanding tackles named to the 1946 United Press All-America Conference All-Star Team.
Ruby signed a three-year contract with Dodgers' general manager, Freddie Fitzsimmons, in March 1947. He had surgery for floating cartilage in his right knee at St. Vincent's Hospital, in December 1948. The Dodgers and New York Yankees merged in January 1949, reducing the AAFC to seven teams. The Yankee-Dodger aggregation played its home games in Yankee Stadium. Ruby scored a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills (AAFC) in September 1949. In a Brooklyn-New York 17-14 win, Frank Perantoni batted down a pass thrown by George Ratterman, at Civic Stadium. Ruby caught the ball and ran four yards into the end zone.
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