AFL legend Adam Goodes has been immortalised with a statue unveiled at Sydney Swans Headquarters. Via NITV
AFL legend Adam Goodes has been immortalised with a statue unveiled at Sydney Swans Headquarters on Friday.
It was a moment that saw him cop unprecedented racial abuse and led to his retirement from the league, but speaking to the crowd at the opening, Goodes said it marked the first time he'd celebrated his Aboriginality on the pitch. Goodes said he hopes the statue serves as an inspiration to young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Goodes spent his entire 18-year career in the AFL with Sydney Swans, playing a record 372 games for the club.
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