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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Rod Ashman
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Eaglehawk Football Club|Eaglehawk]]
| debutdate = Round 5, [[1973 VFL season|1973]]
| debutteam = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutopponent = [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]
| debutstadium = [[Waverley Park]]
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1986
| years1 = 1973–1986
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = 236 (370)
| careerhighlights = * [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] Premiership side 1981–82
* [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] 2nd Best and Fairest 1981, 1984
* [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] Hall of Fame
* [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] Team of the Century
}}

'''Rodney Ashman''' (born 3 December 1954) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who represented {{AFL Car}} in the [[Australian Football League|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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Blake|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/mozzie-mozzie-mozzie-20100511-uuw2.html|title=Mozzie, Mozzie, Mozzie|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=12 May 2010}}</ref> He played in back-to-back premierships in [[1981 VFL Grand Final|1981]] and [[1982 VFL Grand Final|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.<ref name=hatfits>{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Anderson|title=The hat fits, says battered Rod Ashman|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-hat-fits-says-battered-rod-ashman/story-e6frf9jf-1226031719284|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=1 April 2011}}</ref> Although he didn't like it, he realised its value in a match against {{AFL Ric}} where he got kicked in the head, but was protected by the helmet.<ref name=hatfits/> 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.<ref name=hatfits/>
 
Ashman was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame|title=Hall of Fame|accessdate=3 October 2014|publisher=carltonfc.com.au}}</ref> and was later named in the [[forward pocket]] in Carlton's Team of the Century.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{AFL Tables | R/Rodney_Ashman }}
*[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Rod+Ashman Profile on blueseum.org]

{{1981/82 Carlton dual premiership players}}
{{Carlton Team of The Century}}
{{1982 VFL Team of the Year}}
{{1984 VFL Team of the Year}}
{{1983 Victoria State of Origin players}}

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