Now, 30 years on from one of Australia's defining sporting moments, less has changed in the game of AFL than Nicky Winmar would have hoped.
abc.net.au/news/nicky-winmar-indigenous-afl-racism-anniversary/102222960It's Round 4 of the 1993 AFL season and St Kilda are battling an undefeated Collingwood on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, and the Saints' Indigenous stars are on fire.
After the game, Winmar lifts his jumper and points to his black skin, telling the crowd, along with the rest of Australia, that he is black and proud of it. "What I saw was not just an Aboriginal man proud of his heritage and people, but a young man who had made it, an elite sportsman in the greatest game … who played his heart out for that jumper," the late Roach said.
However, the courage shown at Victoria Park by Winmar has flowed through to the current generation of Indigenous players., Western Bulldogs star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan echoed Winmar's protest by raising his own jumper after a win against the Brisbane Lions. Winmar also praised Western Bulldogs' Luke Beveridge, saying the support the coach had provided was crucial for players who had been racially abused.
However, Winmar wasn't done contributing to the game he loved and, in 2022, following a stellar 341-game career, the man born Neil Elvis Winmar was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame.
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