Career
He originally retired at age 22 after only 31 games due to a knee injury sustained when he collided with the fence. He later moved to Launceston and took on the role of captain-coach at East Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association between 1964 and 1966. Pavlou played a few representative matches for the NTFA during those years and in 1964 played for Tasmania versus Western Australia.
After suffering a further array of injuries during his time in Tasmania he retired as a player part way through the 1966 season.
Pavlou eventually returned to Carlton and coached the club"s under 19s side in the 1970s.