Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.

Jack Stephen Spike Pola (born Giovanni Stefano Pola; 16 November 1914 – 6 January 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Born in Fremantle in 1914 he anglicised his name in 1928 on the advice of his mother to preempt on-field ridicule during a state schoolboys’ football carnival.

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birth date
1914-11-16
birth place
Western Australia, Fremantle
death date
2012-01-06
death place
Mount Lawley Western Australia, Western Australia

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