ANTHONY Pasquali is the latest Wangaratta Rovers player to be named in the Ovens and Murray Hall of Fame.

Pasquali was announced as the latest inductee yesterday, joining this year's nominations including Ritchie 'Tank' Castles (Benalla), Matt Fowler (Albury) and Daniel Leslie (North Albury) in the select club.

He timed his entry into the Ovens and Murray with Wangaratta Rovers to perfection.

With a thirds best and fairest and exposure at reserves level under his belt, Pasquali graduated into senior ranks in the mid-1980s where he would star for the next two decades.

A noted big game player, Pasquali was a member of the club’s 1988, 1991 and 1994 premiership teams, with a foot stress fracture robbing him of a spot in another flag in 1993.

Five times he finished in the top-3 of the Rovers best and fairest behind club champion and good mate, Rob Walker.

Pasquali also relished the challenge of playing for the O and M, which he did 12 times.

He also made seven appearances for Victoria Country.

His only time away from Rovers and the O and M was when he accepted the coaching job at Benalla which saw him make the move to the Goulburn Valley in 1998.

Castles debuted for Benalla in 1957 at the age of 17, but a car accident forced him onto the sidelines the following year before he returned to make the back pocket his own in a team on the rise.

He won Benalla’s best and fairest in 1960 and spent the following year playing alongside his uncle Dick Reynolds at West Torrens in the SANFL.

Upon his return, Castles played in Benalla’s back-to-back flags in 1962 and 1963 under former Fitzroy player Vin Williams.

Castles was among the Demons’ best in the 1963 triumph over Corowa when they kicked eight goals to nil in the final quarter to cruise to the flag.

Castles was picked in the Ovens and Murray Team of the Century in the back pocket.

Fowler’s journey to Albury’s games record holder and one of the most dominant forwards of his era began in 1993.

Two years after making his debut, Fowler was one of the young guns of the Tigers’ first leg of a premiership hat-trick that began with a narrow win over Wodonga.

Twelve months later Albury triumphed again with Fowler among the Tigers’ best with the hat-trick completed a year later against Wodonga Raiders.

Resisting offers to move interstate, Fowler also became a permanent fixture in an Ovens and Murray interleague team, riding the wave of unprecedented success in the Victorian Country Championships with 16 appearances for the league.

His highest goal tally in a match for Albury was 11, and his career tally of 812 goals puts him third on the all-time list behind two other Hall of Famers in Steve Norman and Stan Sargeant.

Fowler's second run of premiership success came late in his career with another hat-trick of flags from 2009.

Loyal to the core, Leslie played his entire Ovens and Murray career with North Albury that would end with him as the club’s games record holder.

His father Trevor was a best and fairest winner and premiership player with Albury, but from the moment Leslie joined the Hoppers under 17’s, Bunton Park became his lifetime football home with the exception of a brief stint in the west.

Leslie started his long career at centre half-back before being switched to centre half-forward.

He was the Hoppers’ leading goal-kicker for four successive seasons from 2009, finishing with 354 career goals and twice kicking 10 goals in a match.

Leslie was also North Albury’s best and fairest winner three times in 2013, 2015 and 2017, and captained the club for seven years from 2008.