Adam Goodes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Born on 8 January 1980 in Wallaroo, South Australia, to a mother of Adnyamathanha and Narungga descent, he is a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player and four-time All-Australian, a member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and a representative of Australia in the International Rules Series. He held the record for most VFL and AFL games by an Indigenous player until 2019. Known for his community work and anti-racism advocacy, he was named Australian of the Year in 2014; a sustained booing campaign from opposition fans from 2013 led him to take leave and then retire at the end of the 2015 season, and the AFL formally apologised to him in 2019.
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a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian
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is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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played for the Sydney Swans
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