Disgraced footballer Nicky Winmar removed from AFL Hall of Fame

Find any issues using dark mode? Please let us know Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 2:02pm Disgraced Indigenous ex-Australian Rules footballer Nicky Winmar has been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Earlier this month, Winmar was found guilty of three counts of unlawful assault and common law assault, but was acquitted of a fourth charge of intentionally causing injury. In a statement, AFL Commission chair Craig Drummond said 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," Mr Drummond said. Winmar was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022. He played 251 AFL games with St Kilda and Western Bulldogs but was originally from Western Australia. A statue of the 60-year-old outside Perth Stadium was also removed after his conviction.