Early Career At Essendon
Recruited at 15 from his junior team, the Essendon Bombers, Pascoe steadily made his way through the Essendon Thirds (under-19s) and Seconds (Reserves) from 1949 until he played his first match for the Essendon senior team in 1953.
He starred in the highly talented 1952 Essendon Seconds Premiership team that beat Collingwood Seconds 7.14 (56) to 4.5 (29). All but one of the premiership team's 20 players had either already played for the Essendon Firsts or would go on to do so in the future; the team was:
| Essendon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Alan Thaw | Jack Knowles | Doug Bigelow |
| H/Backs | Brian Paine | John Ramsay | Bob Taylor |
| Centre Line | Keith McIntosh | Hugh Morris | Alby Law |
| H/Forwards | Greg Sewell | Bill Snell | Ray Martini |
| Forwards | Brian Gilmore | Ken Reed | Stan Booth |
| Rucks/Rover | Allan Hird (c/c) | Geoff Leek | A. Taylor |
| Reserves | Mal Pascoe | Ian Monks |
Excluding the senior games that some had already played (or would go on to play) with other VFL clubs, the members of the Essendon 1952 Seconds Premiership Team played an aggregate total of 1072 senior games for Essendon Firsts.
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