Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
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. During the season he built a house for his wife and son 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.