Rodney Ashman (born 3 December 1954) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who represented 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. He played in back-to-back premierships in
1981
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1982
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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.
Although he didn't like it, he realised its value in a match against where he got kicked in the head, but was protected by the helmet.
[ 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.][
Ashman was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 1993]
References
External links
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Profile on blueseum.org
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1954 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club Premiership players
Eaglehawk Football Club players
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players