Rod Ashman
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-12-03) 3 December 1954
Original team(s) Eaglehawk
Debut Round 5, 1973, Carlton vs. Fitzroy, at Waverley Park
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1973–1986 Carlton 236 (370)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rodney Ashman (born 3 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Playing primarily in the forward pocket, Ashman was a member of Carlton's famous "Mosquito Fleet" which was pivotal to the club's success in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] He played in back-to-back premierships in 1981 and 1982.

Ashman's courageous style of play saw him suffer frequent concussion. After getting concussed several times in the space of a month, Ashman wore a helmet for the rest of his career.[2] Although he didn't like it, he realised its value in a match against Richmond where he got kicked in the head, but was protected by the helmet.[2] When he suffered a stroke in May 2010, Ashman wondered whether it was the result of one of those concussions he sustained during his playing days.[2]

Ashman was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 1993[3] and was later named in the forward pocket in Carlton's Team of the Century.

References

  1. ↑ Blake, Martin (12 May 2010). "Mozzie, Mozzie, Mozzie". The Age.
  2. 1 2 3 Anderson, Jon (1 April 2011). "The hat fits, says battered Rod Ashman". Herald Sun.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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