Career
He played 23 games that year, including a qualifying final and had 353 disposals. Hassall, who was originally from Warrandyte, added a further 19 games in 1995. With Collingwood having a poor season in 1996 and Hassall managing just eight games, he was let go by the club and picked up by Hawthorn in the pre-season draft.
Hassall was delisted a year later but kept playing football in the Essendon District Football League after a stint at the South Adelaide Football Club.