Rod Appleton

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Rod Appleton

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|19|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Blackburn, Victoria

| height = 168cm

| weight = 62kg

| position =

| statsend = 1975

| years1 = 1975

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 5 (2)

}}

Rod Appleton (born 19 May 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{Ref AFL Encyc|9th}}