Eric Harry Tassie (12 October 1887 – 21 July 1936) was an Australian rules football administrator.
[1] He attended Way College, Adelaide, and played football for the school team and later for various lower-level clubs.
He presided over the reintroduction of the flick pass for the 1934 season,[7] and at one point suggested tackling should be banned in order to free up the flow of play.
[8] Tassie died unexpectedly in July 1936, aged 48, while undergoing an operation on his mastoid process.
[1] After his death, the Tassie Medal was struck in his honour, to be awarded to the best player at each Australian National Football Carnival.