Nicky Winmar removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\nThe charges related to the allegations Winmar grabbed a woman by the arm, dragged her by the hair and hit her head against a door.<\/p>\n
A statue of Winmar’s stand against racism – which depicts the iconic 1993 moment where the St Kilda player lifted his jumper and pointed at his skin – at Perth’s Optus Stadium was torn down under a directive from the West Australian government.<\/p>\n
AFL Commission chairman Craig Drummond said Winmar’s recent conviction rendered his place in the Hall of Fame “inappropriate”.<\/p>\n
Nicky Winmar after the unveiling of the Nicky Winmar statue at Optus Stadium on July 6, 2019. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Winmar was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 after a 251-game career with the Saints and Western Bulldogs, becoming the first Indigenous footballer to play 200 games in the AFL.<\/p>\n
His stand in 1993 was pivotal in forcing the AFL to establish the racial and religious vilification rule in 1995 – a contribution Drummond acknowledged.<\/p>\n
“The Commission acknowledges Nicky Winmar’s significant contribution to Australian Football and his place in our history,” Drummond said in an AFL statement.<\/p>\n
“However, the recent findings against him render inappropriate his place in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
“Violence against women has no place. Not in our community, not in our game, and not in the values the Australian Football Hall of Fame seeks to uphold.<\/p>\n
Nicky Winmar in action for St Kilda. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
“The Australian Football Hall of Fame exists to recognise the highest achievements in our game and admission to it is one of the greatest honours Australian football can bestow.<\/p>\n
“The Commission has a responsibility to protect the integrity and reputation of that honour.”<\/p>\n
Winmar’s Hall of Fame status at St Kilda will be determined after the legal process – which includes any possible appeals – is formally concluded.<\/p>\n
He is not the first AFL player stripped of his Hall of Fame status.<\/p>\n
In 2023, former North Melbourne, Perth and East Perth champion Barry Cable’s ‘Legend’ status was revoked after a civil trial found he had sexually abused a young girl during his playing career. In April this year, Cable was acquitted of historical sexual abuse charges in a criminal trial.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit\u00a01800respect.org.au<\/a>. If you, a child, or another person is in immediate danger, call 000.<\/p>\n The Nicky Winmar statue outside Optus Stadium. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Former St Kilda footballer Nicky Winmar has been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame Nicky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-801449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}