Ahead of the Gather Round — and 30 years after Nicky Winmar's famous stand against racism — the Collingwood Football Club formally apologises to the St Kilda champion and his Indigenous teammate, Gilbert McAdam, for abuse directed at them by Magpies fans in 1993.
abc.net.au/news/collingwood-apologise-nicky-winmar-gilbert-mcadam-racist-abuse/102229444Ahead of the Gather Round — and 30 years after Nicky Winmar's famous stand against racism — the Collingwood Football Club has formally apologised to the St Kilda champion and his Indigenous teammate, Gilbert McAdam, for the abuse directed at them by Magpie fans in 1993.
Winmar revealed this week he was still hurt by the events that occurred at Victoria Park in April 1993, when he and McAdam were subjected to a torrent of racist abuse by Magpies fans. "The Collingwood Football Club understands that racism is harmful and has no place in our game and apologises to Nicky Winmar and to Gilbert McAdam for the hurt they experienced playing football," Collingwood said in a statement released on Sunday.
The Victoria Park episode — and McAllister's comments — were documented in the Do Better report into Collingwood's history of racism, which was released in 2021.
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