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A couple of Collingwood players played under assumed names before WW1 (I think Dicky Condon was one) to avoid suspension penaltires. Jack Dyer and a bunch of others played under false names in the lucrative "Wednesday" leagues in the 20's and 30's to supplement their VFL earnings.
The Pannam family changed their names from Pannamopoulos around 1900, but I think that was before they played.
I know a lot of opposition supporters changed Daics first name from "Peter" to "f***ing" as he found new and exciting ways to fillet their defence.
CCsBoots, a lot of "Ethnics" (=foreigners) anglicised their names on arrival in Australia to avoid discrimination. I understand the Ellis Island clerks were even more proactive in the US before WW2, either mispelling or actually shortening and anglicising new arrivals names, either through ignorance or prejudice.
The Pannam family changed their names from Pannamopoulos around 1900, but I think that was before they played.
I know a lot of opposition supporters changed Daics first name from "Peter" to "f***ing" as he found new and exciting ways to fillet their defence.
CCsBoots, a lot of "Ethnics" (=foreigners) anglicised their names on arrival in Australia to avoid discrimination. I understand the Ellis Island clerks were even more proactive in the US before WW2, either mispelling or actually shortening and anglicising new arrivals names, either through ignorance or prejudice.