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The Fremantle Football Club, initially under inaugural coach Gerard Neesham, have been strong supporters of Indigenous players. They have had 34 Indigenous players represent their club in AFL matches, [ 3 ] and hold the record for most players in one game, with eight in Indigenous Round (Round 10), 2017.
Aboriginal Cricket Team with Tom Wills (coach and captain), Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1866. This is a list of indigenous Australian (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) athletes and sportspeople. Sports is one of the areas of mainstream Australian society in which Indigenous Australians have been able to break through in some degree.
Pages in category "Indigenous Australian soccer players" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 383 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and representative of Australia in the International Rules ...
Edward Robert Betts III (born 26 November 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played as a forward for Carlton and Adelaide in the Australian Football League between 2005 and 2021. As of 2024 he is an educator and mentor to Indigenous Australian youth, heading up the Eddie Betts Foundation.
He was a trailblazer for indigenous Australian football players at the elite level of the game and was an acknowledged elder statesman among Aboriginal players. After leaving politics, Rioli worked as a community services manager for the Tiwi Islands Council until his death, [ 16 ] as well as spending his personal time mentoring young footballers.
He organised (assembling players mainly from Taree in New South Wales), captained and coached an All-Aboriginal side against the VFA's Northcote Football Club in 1944. [5] Among the aboriginal players was James Murray, Australian Kangaroos rugby league representative. The match drew more than 10,000 spectators. [6]