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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017
"He was a really interesting character and maintained commitment to our grand final every year,
despite being frail in recent years,' Stone said.
The pavilion at the Mervyn G. Hughes Oval is named in Mr Pascarl's honor.
In 1998 he was awarded an Australian Sports Award for his service to junior football in the West. He
leaves a daughter, Helen, son Barry and grand-daughter Nina.
Mr Pascarl played more than 300 games with Parkside and later held club positions as club delegate
to the Footscray District League (1935-1960), Parkside president (1957-1964), vice-president (1965-
1985) and patron from 1986-2001.
He was the club's historian, and is a life member of Parkside and the WRFL.
Parkside Football Club president Neville O'Connor said: "Herb's life was Parkside's life."
As a young man Mr Pascarl worked as a carpenter at the Newport railway workshops. "Every
year when young players came to Melbourne to start their trade at the Newport workshops, Herb
would recruit them for Parkside," O'Connor said.”
The Times, 12 February 2002
Tributes were flowing in for the club’s and FDFL/WRFL legend.
Inspiration: Herb Pascarl with Steven Milne
Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider
