Full name Doug Tassell Position(s) Defender Height/Weight 185 cm / 89 kg Weight 89 kg | Place of death Buangor,vic Died June 26, 1970 Date of birth 28 December 1945 Name Doug Tassell | |
Date of death 20 June 1970(1970-06-20) (aged 24) | ||
Original team Ararat Football Club | ||
Doug 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. 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. 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.
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