Doug Tassell Explained

Doug Tassell
Fullname:Douglas Clyde Tassell
Birth Date:28 December 1945
Birth Place:Albury, New South Wales
Death Place:Buangor, Victoria
Originalteam:Ararat
Height:185 cm
Weight:89 kg
Position:Defender
Statsend:1970
Years1:1969–70
Club1:Essendon
Games Goals1:20 (0)

Douglas Clyde Tassell (28 December 1945 – 20 June 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A half back flanker, Tassell played nine games in 1969 after coming to the club from Ararat.[1] During the season he built a house for his wife Elaine and son Rick in Ararat and was undecided on whether to stay in Melbourne.[2] However, following play in the first 11 rounds of the 1970 VFL season, Tassell was killed in a car accident at the age of 24.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doug Tassell. AFL Tables.
  2. The Age, "Doug Tassell has Dons up in the air", 10 June 1969, p. 12
  3. Web site: Essendon Football Club - Team Players - Doug Tassell. Essendonfc.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091012100221/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=890. 12 October 2009.