Doug Tassell
Essendon
AFL career
20 games0 goals
- Debut
- R7 1969 v STK17 May 1969
- Most recent
- R11 1970 v STK15 June 1970
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Ararat in western Victoria, Doug Tassell was a promising half-back flanker who seemed destined for a long career before tragedy struck. He broke into the Essendon lineup in 1969 and quickly established himself as a solid, dependable defender who split his time between the city and his family home in the country. After playing the first 11 games of the 1970 season, Tassell was ruled out of the Round 12 clash due to injury and decided to drive home to Ararat; during this trip, he was killed in a car accident at just 24 years of age. His sudden death deeply shook the club and the wider football community, who rallied to raise funds for his wife and young son, leaving him remembered as a talented footballer whose life was cut heartbreakingly short.
Profile
- Born
- 28 Dec 1945
- Died
- 20 June 1970 (aged 24y 174d)
- Birthplace
- Albury, NSW
- Deathplace
- Buangor, VIC
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 89 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Ararat in western Victoria, Doug Tassell was a promising half-back flanker who seemed destined for a long career before tragedy struck. He broke into the Essendon lineup in 1969 and quickly established himself as a solid, dependable defender who split his time between the city and his family home in the country. After playing the first 11 games of the 1970 season, Tassell was ruled out of the Round 12 clash due to injury and decided to drive home to Ararat; during this trip, he was killed in a car accident at just 24 years of age. His sudden death deeply shook the club and the wider football community, who rallied to raise funds for his wife and young son, leaving him remembered as a talented footballer whose life was cut heartbreakingly short.