| Rod Ashman | |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1954 |
| Originalteam: | Eaglehawk |
| Debutdate: | Round 5, 1973 |
| Debutteam: | Carlton |
| Debutopponent: | Fitzroy |
| Debutstadium: | Waverley Park |
| Height: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 76 kg |
| Statsend: | 1986 |
| Years1: | 1973–1986 |
| Games Goals1: | 236 (370) |
| Careerhighlights: | |
Rodney Ashman (born 3 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer 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.[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 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.