Doug Tassell

Doug Tassell
Personal information
Full name	Doug Tassell
Date of birth	28 December 1945
Date of death	26 June 1970(1970-06-26) (aged 24)
Original team	Ararat
Height/Weight	185 cm / 89 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1969-70	Essendon	20 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1970 season .

Doug Tassell (28 December 1945 – 26 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 and son 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]

References

1. ^ "Doug Tassell". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Doug_Tassell.html. 
2. ^ The Age, "Doug Tassell has Dons up in the air", 10 June 1969, p. 12
3. ^ "Essendon Football Club - Team Players - Doug Tassell". Essendonfc.com.au. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=890. 

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Name	Tassell, Doug
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Date of birth	28 December 1945
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Date of death	26 June 1970
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