About Ernie Ashton
Lived 1883 – 1955 (aged 72). Ernie Ashton was an Australian australian rules football player.
Ernest Albert Ashton (7 July 1883 – 1 August 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family The son of John Ashton (1829-1889), and Ellen Ashton (1855-1931), née Brown, née Hughes, later, Mrs. William Henry Deakin, Ernest Albert Ashton was born at Campbell Town, Tasmania on 7 July 1883.
He married Isabel Jessie White (1895-1981) in 1928.
Football Recruited from Gaffneys Creek, Ashton only played in one senior match for Carlton, against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 20 August 1904, when he was a replacement for the team's captain, Joe McShane, who had been injured during the week at a team practice session.
Death He died at Richmond, Victoria on 1 August 1955.
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Who was Ernie Ashton?
Australian rules footballer (1883-1955)
When was Ernie Ashton born?
Ernie Ashton was born on 7 July 1883 in Campbell Town.
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Ernie Ashton died on 1 August 1955 in Richmond.
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Ernie Ashton was an australian rules football player.
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Ernie Ashton was Australian.
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