Ernie Ashton

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.