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Key Facts

Full name
Robert J. Polglaise

Known as
Bob 'Snob' Polglaise

Nickname
Snob

Height and weight
Height: 191 cm

Bob 'Snob' Polglaise


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Glorying in the nickname ‘Snob’, Polglaise was one of, if not the, finest ruckmen on the goldfields for an entire decade prior to World War I. Tall for the period, at 191 cm, he was a knock ruckman par excellence, and was seldom beaten over the course of a full game. In 1914-15 he was a member of arguably the greatest goldfields club combination ever as, in an extremely strong competition, Mines Rovers went ‘back to back’.

Polglaise was one of three Mines players selected to represent Western Australia at the inaugural Australasian championship series in Melbourne in 1908.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.