Eric Pascoe is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1970s.

The ruckman from Bendigo was an understudy to John Nicholls and Peter Jones

Peter Jones (Australian rules footballer)

Peter Kevin "Percy" Jones , the son of Kevin and Mollie Jones , is a former Australian rules footballer who played 249 games for the Carlton Blues in the VFL...

 at Carlton and made his early VFL appearances when one of them was injured. He was Carlton's reserves 'Best and Fairest' winner in 1973. Nicholls retired in 1974 but by then ruckman Mike Fitzpatrick

Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer)

Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick is an Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer....

 had been recruited from the West Australian Football League and Pascoe continued to play most of his football in the reserves.

After getting a clearance, Pascoe joined Clarence

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

 in Tasmania for a two year stint as captain-coach. He won a Michelsen Medal in 1979, while playing for Bendigo Football League

Bendigo Football League

The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...

 club Golden Square

Golden Square Football Club

The Golden Square Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Bendigo Football League.They are based in the Bendigo suburb Golden Square and have participated in the Bendigo Football League since 1935.-Notable players:...

.