- Ron Ashman
Infobox Football biography
playername = Ron Ashman
fullname = Ronald George Ashman
dateofbirth = birth date|1926|5|19
cityofbirth =Whittlesey
countryofbirth =England flagicon|England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2004|6|21|1926|5|19
cityofdeath =Scunthorpe
countryofdeath =England flagicon|England
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years = 1947–1963
clubs = Norwich City
caps(goals) = 662 (56)
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manageryears = 1962–1966
1967–1973
1973–1975
1976–1981
managerclubs = Norwich City
Scunthorpe United
Grimsby Town
Scunthorpe UnitedRonald George Ashman (
19 May ,1926 –21 June ,2004 ) was an English professional footballer and football manager. Born inWhittlesey ,Cambridgeshire , he spent his entire playing career withNorwich City F.C. and was later their manager. He went on to manage Scunthorpe United and Grimsby Town.Ashman played 662 games for Norwich, scoring 56 goals. 590 of those games were league appearances – a club record. He made his debut at
Carrow Road againstAldershot F.C. on 4 October 1947. Ashman was a centre-forward at that early stage of his career, but went on to play at full-back for many years. He was the captain of the Norwich team that reached the semi-finals of theFA Cup in 1959 as a third division side, won promotion to the second division in 1960 and won theFootball League Cup for the first time in 1962. WhenGeorge Swindin resigned as manager in November 1962, Ashman was appointed acting manager and was eventually given the job on a permanent basis onBoxing Day 1963. By then, he had played his last game for the club on 19 October 1963. Ashman remained manager until the end of the 1965-66 season, when his departure ended twenty years of service to the club.Ashman was manager of Scunthorpe United for six years from 1967 to 1973 and a further five years from 1976 to 1981. In between those two spells, he was Grimsby Town manager for two years.
In 2002, Ashman was made an inaugural member of the
Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame .References
*"Canary Citizens" by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3827345.stm Ex-Scunthorpe boss dies] , "BBC News ",21 June 2004 .
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