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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1965}}
{{About|the Australian footballer from the 1980s and 1990s|the footballer from the 2010s |Nicholas Winmar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Nicky Winmar
| image = Nicky Winmar gesture.jpg
| fullname = Neil Elvis Winmar
| nickname = "Cuz"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = Pingelly ([[Upper Great Southern Football League|UGSFL]])
| height = 183&nbsp;cm
| weight = 81&nbsp;kg
| position = Half-forward flank, wing
| statsend = 1999
| years1 = 1983–1986
| club1 = {{WAFL|SF}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}90 {{0}}(98)
| years2 = 1987–1998
| club2 = {{AFL StK}}
| games_goals2 = 230 (283)
| years3 = 1999
| club3 = {{AFL WB}}
| games_goals3 = {{0}}21 {{0}}(34)
| sooyears1 = 1988–97
| games_goalstotal = 341 (415)
| sooteam1 = [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]]
| soogames_goals1 = 8 (10)
| careerhighlights = * {{AFL StK}} [[List of St Kilda Football Club leading goalkickers|leading Goalkicker]] 1988
* 2x {{AFL StK}} [[Trevor Barker Award|Best and Fairest]] 1989, 1995
* [[Australian Football League|VFL]] Team of the Year 1989
* 2x [[All-Australian team]] 1991, 1995
* [[Mark of the Year]] 1992
* {{AFL StK}} [[Australian Football League pre-season competition|Pre-Season]] Premiership side 1996
* [[Michael Tuck Medal]] 1996
* Aboriginal Sportsperson of the Year 1999
* {{AFL StK}} [[St Kilda Football Club#St Kilda Team of the Century: 1900–1999|Team of the Century]] <small>(named 2003)</small>
* {{AFL StK}} Hall of Fame <small>(inducted 2003)</small>
* [[Indigenous Team of the Century]] <small>(named 2005)</small>
* [[West Australian Football Hall of Fame]] <small>(inducted 2009)</small>
* [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] <small> (inducted 2022) </small>
| caption = A famous photograph in which Winmar points proudly at his skin in a gesture of defiance at racial abuse in 1993
}}
'''Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar''' (born 25 September 1965) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er, best known for his career for {{AFL StK}} and the {{AFL WB}} in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), as well as {{WAFL|SF}} in the [[West Australian Football League]]. An [[Indigenous Australian]] man, he was the first [[Aboriginal Australian|Aboriginal]] footballer to play 200 games in the AFL, and was named in the [[Indigenous Team of the Century]] in 2005. He was involved in several incidents of [[racial vilification]] during his career, and a [[#Racial vilification|photograph of Winmar]] responding to one such incident during the [[1993 AFL season|1993 season]] has been described as one of the most memorable images in Australian sporting history.

Growing up in [[Pingelly]] in the [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] region of Western Australia, Winmar began his career with [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]], playing 58 games at the club before being recruited prior to the 1987 season by St Kilda. In a twelve-season career with St Kilda, Winmar won the club's [[best and fairest]] award, the [[Trevor Barker Award]], in 1989 and 1995 and was also twice named in the [[All-Australian team]]. He left St Kilda at the end of the 1998 season and was drafted by the [[Western Bulldogs]], playing one further season in the AFL before retiring at the end of the 1999 season. Having represented [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] in eight [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|interstate matches]], Winmar was named in St Kilda's [[St Kilda Football Club#St Kilda Team of the Century: 1900–1999|Team of the Century]] in 2003 and was inducted into the [[West Australian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2009.

==Early life ==
Neil Elvis Winmar<ref name=aflhof>{{cite web | last=Browne | first=Ashley  | title=Neil Elvis 'Nicky' Winmar: The one, the only, the irreplaceable | website=St Kilda Football Club | date=14 June 2022 | url=https://www.saints.com.au/news/1149435/neil-elvis-winmar-the-one-the-only-the-irreplaceable | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> was born on 25 September 1965<ref name=aflstats/><ref name=wahof/> in [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia]],<ref name ="hof">[http://wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/4-hall-of-fame-inductees Hall of Fame inductees] – West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> to Neal and Meryle Winmar.<ref name="thedaythegamechanged"/> Both his parents were [[Noongar]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/perth-drive/nicky-winmar-my-story-from-bush-kid-to-afl-legend/103052020 Nicky Winmar on protesting racism, battling depression, and going from bush kid to AFL legend] by ABC Radio Perth 1 November 2023</ref> His father, Neal Winmar, was born in a tent under a tree. Nicky grew up on an [[Aboriginal reserve]] in Western Australia’s [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]],<ref name=horn2023/> near the town of [[Pingelly, Western Australia|Pingelly]],<ref name="thedaythegamechanged">Ahmed, Nabila (2003). [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/18/1050172756724.html The day the game changed] – ''[[The Age]]'' online. Published 19 April 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> in a windowless shack made of [[corrugated iron]] with a dirt floor, no running water or sewerage. The reserve had a 6pm curfew, and discipline was harsh.  Winmar left school by the age of 15, and worked as a shearer.<ref name=horn2023/>

==Early career ==
Winmar played for the Brookton/Pingelly Football Club in the [[Upper Great Southern Football League]] (UGSFL) from an early age.<ref name="homeland"/> Aged 15, he won a senior best and fairest in an A-grade local competition.<ref name=horn2023/> 

He was subsequently recruited by South Fremantle in the [[Perth]]-based WAFL, after the club's coach at the time, [[Mal Brown]], saw Winmar playing for Brookton/Pingelly.<ref name="homeland">Toohey, Paul (2010). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nicky-winmar-a-legend-in-his-homeland/story-e6frf7jo-1225885382961 Nicky Winmar, a legend in his homeland] – ''[[Herald Sun]]'' online. Published 29 June 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> He made his senior debut for South Fremantle in round nine of the 1983 season, aged 17, and played a total of 13 games in his debut season. In the beginning, he was used across the wings and half-forward flanks, but was later played as a rover, although he remained a regular goal-kicker.<ref>[http://www.wafootballhalloffame.com.au/inductees/5036-neil-winmar Hall of Fame Inductee: Neil Elvis (Nicky) Winmar] – NAB WA Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref> In total, Winmar played 58 games for South Fremantle from 1983 to 1986 and kicked 98 goals.<ref name="hof"/>

==VFL/AFL career==
Winmar became known as "Cuz", as it was his habit to address everyone by this word.<ref name="lukedarcy">[[Luke Darcy|Darcy, Luke]] (2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525080839/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/94684/default.aspx Winmar encapsulates indigenous spirit] – Australian Football League. Published 21 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

===St Kilda===
Winmar transferred to the [[St Kilda Football Club]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) for the [[1987 VFL season|1987 season]], making his debut for the club in Round 1 against {{AFL Gee}} at [[Moorabbin Oval]].<ref name="afltables">[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Nicky_Winmar.html Nicky Winmar] – AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Having played 20 games in his debut season and kicking 37 goals, Winmar finished second in the club's best and fairest count behind [[Tony Lockett]] (who went on to win the Brownlow) and also polled 10 votes in the [[Brownlow Medal]].<ref name="neilelvis">[http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/neil%20elvis.html Neil Elvis (‘Nicky’) Winmar]  – Nicky Winmar Home Page. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In 1988, he kicked 43 goals from 21 games to be the club's leading goalkicker and again finished runner-up in the best and fairest count, this time to [[Danny Frawley]].<ref name="afltables"/> After an outstanding season in 1989, Winmar won St Kilda's best and fairest award and was also named in the VFL's Team of the Year on a half-forward flank.<ref name="lovett">{{cite book |editor= Lovett, Michael |title= AFL Record Guide to Season 2007|year=2007 |publisher= AFL Publishing|isbn= 978-0-9758362-7-9}}</ref> He also finished equal third in the 1989 Brownlow Medal, polling 16 votes from his 22 games.<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1989.html 1989 Brownlow Medal] – AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

After a match against {{AFL Haw}} in Round 19 of the 1990 season, Winmar was suspended for 10 matches for kicking and [[eye-gouging]] [[Dermott Brereton]].<ref name="tribunal">[http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/tribunal/1/All/All/tribunal_1_all_all.shtml?competition_group_idIndex=0&season_idIndex=0&guiltyIndex=0 Historical tribunal record] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120718003654/http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/tribunal/1/All/All/tribunal_1_all_all.shtml?competition_group_idIndex=0&season_idIndex=0&guiltyIndex=0 |date=18 July 2012 }} – Australian Football League. Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref> Brereton later apologised to Winmar for racially abusing him during the game.<ref name="dermott">[[Dermott Brereton|Brereton, Dermott]] (1998). [http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/brereton.html Goodbye Nicky, I'm sorry for what I did]. Published 18 August 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> He returned to football in round seven of the [[1991 AFL season|1991 season]], recording 33 disposals and one goal against Adelaide at Moorabbin.<ref name="afltables"/> Winmar's performances throughout the rest of the season led to him being named in the inaugural AFL [[All-Australian team]].<ref name="lovett"/> Winmar played a further 23 games in the [[1992 AFL season|1992 season]], including the club's semi-final loss to {{AFL Foo}}. At the conclusion of the season, Winmar was named the winner of the [[Mark of the Year]] competition, for a [[spectacular mark]] taken at [[Subiaco Oval]] against {{AFL WC}}.<ref name="saintshof">[http://www.saints.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/NeilElvisNickyWinmar/tabid/9136/Default.aspx Neil Elvis 'Nicky' Winmar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912090920/http://www.saints.com.au/TheClub/History/HallofFame/NeilElvisNickyWinmar/tabid/9136/Default.aspx |date=12 September 2009 }} – St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In round four of the [[1993 AFL season|1993 season]], Indigenous players Winmar and [[Gilbert McAdam]] were racially abused by Collingwood supporters, eventually being awarded two and three [[Brownlow Medal]] votes in a game St Kilda won by 22 points. The week after the game, Winmar was involved in a dispute with St Kilda over his level of pay, in particular, injury payments, and did not play for the next two weeks.<ref name="neilelvis"/>

Playing a total of 17 games in 1994, Winmar missed three weeks late in the season after being suspended for striking.<ref name="tribunal"/> At the end of the season, Winmar was also refused clearance by St Kilda to play in the [[Indigenous All-Stars (Australian football)|Aboriginal All-Stars]] game, held at [[Marrara Oval]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref>Moncrieff, Darren (2008). [http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-5545-0-0-0&sID=77314&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=8203203 1994 vs. Collingwood: The AFL embraces change] – Aboriginal Football. Published 28 July 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In 1995, Winmar played in each of St Kilda's 22 games, winning the club's best and fairest award for a second time and also being named in the All-Australian team. In the [[Australian Football League pre-season competition|pre-season competition]] held prior to the start of the [[1996 AFL season|1996 season]], the [[1996 Ansett Australia Cup]], Winmar played in St Kilda's team which defeated Carlton by 58 points in the grand final held at [[Waverley Park]] and was awarded the [[Michael Tuck Medal]] as [[best on ground]].<ref>[http://commercial.aflphotos.com.au/image/?image_id=141078 AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final: St Kilda v Carlton] – AFL Media Images. Published 23 March 1996. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Having damaged the [[medial collateral ligament]] of his knee in the round three game against {{AFL Mel}}, Winmar missed nine matches in the early part of the 1996 season before returning in the latter part of the season.<ref>Denham, Greg (1996). [http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Nicky+Winmar&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=100&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news960414_0179_2545 St Kilda could lose Winmar for season] – ''[[The Age]]''. Published 14 April 1996. Retrieved from the ''Fairfax Newsstore'', 22 June 2012.</ref> Winmar played his 200th game for the club in round 17 of the [[1997 AFL season|1997 season]], against the {{AFL BL}} at Waverley Park, becoming the first Indigenous player to reach the milestone in the AFL.<ref>[http://www.footy.com.au/dags/97/wrapup/wrapup_r17.html AFL Round 17] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321163556/http://www.footy.com.au/dags/97/wrapup/wrapup_r17.html |date=21 March 2012 }} – Weekly Wrapup. Published 28 July 1997. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> He also played in St Kilda's loss to Adelaide in the [[1997 AFL Grand Final|1997 Grand Final]], having kicked three goals against {{AFL NM}} in the preliminary final the previous week.<ref name="afltables"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-right: 0em; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 85%;"
! colspan="3"| Tribunal record
|-
! Year !! Charge !! Penalty
|-
| [[1988 VFL season|1988]] || Striking || No penalty
|-
| [[1990 AFL season|1990]] || Charging || No penalty
|-
| [[1990 AFL season|1990]] || Kicking, eye-gouging || Suspended ten matches
|-
| [[1992 AFL season|1992]] || Charging || No penalty
|-
| [[1994 AFL season|1994]] || Striking || Suspended three matches
|-
| [[1994 AFL season|1994]] || Striking || No penalty
|-
| [[1995 AFL season|1995]] || Disputing umpire's<br>decision || Fined [[Australian dollar|A$]]1,500
|}

In 1998, in what was to be his last season for St Kilda, Winmar played 23 games and kicked 16 goals.<ref name="afltables"/> He was heavily criticised during the club's match against Carlton in Round 20 after spending much of the game fighting with opponents, finishing with only eight disposals.<ref name="banishment">[[Patrick Smith (journalist)|Smith, Patrick]] (1998). [http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/banish.html Banishment comes after a sin too many]. Published 30 September 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Winmar was suspended by the club for the following match but returned to play for the club in the finals series. After the match, Winmar's manager, Peter Jess, was criticised for making comments in an interview with radio station [[3AW]] suggesting that Aboriginal players were unable to cope with the pressures introduced by "white society".<ref>[[Patrick Smith (journalist)|Smith, Patrick]] (1998). [http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/friendly.html Winmar victim of friendly fire]. Published 20 August 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

===Western Bulldogs===
Winmar was dismissed from St Kilda at the end of the 1998 season after [[Tim Watson]] replaced [[Stan Alves]] as coach of the club.<ref>[http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1999review.html SAINTS AXE WINMAR] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927103855/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1999review.html |date=27 September 2011 }}: October 1998 – Footystats. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Despite being contracted for another year, the club terminated Winmar's contract as a result of his behaviour and lack of discipline over the previous season.<ref>Denham, Greg (1998). [http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Nicky+Winmar&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=100&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news980930_0094_3890 St Kilda ends Winmar's career] – ''[[The Age]]''. Published 30 September 1998. Retrieved from the ''Fairfax Newsstore'', 22 June 2012.</ref> He was then selected by the [[Western Bulldogs]] with the 30th pick overall in the [[1998 AFL Draft#National Draft|1998 National Draft]], having been considered a chance to be drafted by Collingwood, North Melbourne or Carlton.<ref>Timms, Daryl (1998). [http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/chance.html "I'm worth a chance"] – ''[[Herald Sun]]''. Published 28 October 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Winmar played a total of 21 games for the club, kicking 34 goals, before retiring from the Western Bulldogs at the end of the 1999 season, halfway through a two-year contract, citing issues with a commitment to training and injuries.<ref>Timms, Darryl (1999). [http://members.tip.net.au/~mos/nicky/dream.html Nicky's Dream Ends] – ''[[Herald Sun]]''. Published 9 November 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Winmar was named National Aboriginal Sportsman of the Year at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards held in [[Hobart]], Tasmania, sharing the award with [[rugby league]] player [[Cliff Lyons]].<ref>Condie, Todd (1999). [http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/koorimail/issues/pdf/214.pdf AFL legend retires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406210426/http://www.aiatsis.gov.au//koorimail/issues/pdf/214.pdf |date=6 April 2012 }} – ''[[Koori Mail]]''. Published 17 November 1999. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

==Racial vilification==
Winmar was involved in a number of controversial incidents involving alleged acts of [[racial vilification]] against him by other players and staff during his career. The most notable one, which created a now iconic photograph of Winmar, occurred in 1993.<ref name=yussuf2023/>

In a match for St Kilda against Collingwood in Round 4 of the [[1993 AFL season|1993 season]], Winmar was racially abused by members of the Collingwood cheer squad, who yelled for him to "go and [[Petrol sniffing|sniff some petrol]]" and "go [[walkabout]] where you came from".<ref name="saintshof"/> At the conclusion of the game, which St Kilda won by 22 points, Winmar lifted up his jumper and, facing to the crowd, pointed to his skin. The following day, a photograph (pictured right) of Winmar's gesture, taken by Wayne Ludbey, was published in the ''[[The Age|Sunday Age]]'' under the headline "Winmar: I'm black and proud of it", with the ''[[Herald Sun|Sunday Herald Sun]]'' publishing a similar photograph under the caption "I've got guts".<ref name="thedaythegamechanged"/>

He was unaware of the photo until he saw it published the following day, and did not enjoy the attention it brought him.<ref name=aflhof/> He said years later: "After my incident, I walked away from the game for about four or five weeks. I didn't want to come back".<ref name=yussuf2023/> However, after the incident two years later [[Michael Long (footballer)#Racial abuse|when Michael Long made a complaint against Damian Monkhorst for racial abuse]], Winmar felt stronger, owing to the support received by the AFL.<ref name=aflhof/>

On 16 April 2023, at the Round 5 St Kilda-Collingwood game 30 years later, Winmar was celebrated as he tossed the coin at the beginning. Before the game, Collingwood had apologised to Winmar and teammate [[Gilbert McAdam]], who had also been racially abused at the 1993 game.<ref name=yussuf2023/>

=== Legacy of the photo ===
[[File:Nicky Winmar statue.jpg|thumb|Statue based on the famous 1993 photo, outside [[Perth Stadium]], erected 2019]]
Winmar's gesture, described as a "powerful statement", an "anti-racist symbol",<ref>Lawson, Mark (2012). [http://afr.com/p/opinion/passing_the_football_racial_test_2NdGZqYLDIUPT0vLeUiDMO Passing the football racial test] – ''[[The Australian Financial Review|Financial Review]]'' online. Published 28 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.</ref> and one of the "most poignant" images in Australian sport, has been credited as a catalyst for the movement against racism in Australian football,<ref name="lukedarcy"/> and compared to the [[1968 Olympics Black Power salute|black power salute]] performed by American athletes at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in terms of impact.<ref>[http://vuir.vu.edu.au/4389/ That Picture: Nicky Winmar and the History of an Image] – Victoria University Institutional Repository. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref><ref>Klugman, Matthew and Gary Osmond (2009). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3326/is_2_2009/ai_n47559273/?tag=content;col1 That picture: Nicky Winmar and the history of an image] – Business Library. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> It has been described as one of the most memorable images in Australian sporting history.<ref name="RobertsTormey2008">{{cite book|author1=Michael Roberts|author2=Michael Tormey|title=Great Australian Sporting Moments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvWZHv2l7J0C&pg=PT107|year=2008|publisher=The Miegunyah Press|isbn=978-0-522-85547-0|page=107}}</ref>

The event inspired Indigenous singer-songwriter [[Archie Roach]] to write the song "[[Colour of Your Jumper]]".<ref>Pech, Jono (25 May 2013). [http://www.standard.net.au/story/1526096/two-decades-on-a-gesture-still-inspires/ "Two decades on, a gesture still inspires"], ''The Standard''. Retrieved 28 May 2013.</ref><ref name=yussuf2023/>

The photograph is reproduced in ''The Game That Made Australia'', a mural painted by [[Jamie Cooper]] and commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the [[origins of Australian rules football]].<ref>[http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972# ''The Game That Made Australia'' painting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419120046/http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972 |date=19 April 2013 }} – Australian Football 150 Years. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

Tony Albert included a watercolour of the photograph in a collage titled ''Once upon a time'', winner of the 2014 [[Basil Sellers Art Prize]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/basil-sellers-art-prize/5613874 Basil Sellers Art Prize: where sport meets art], ABC Radio National. Retrieved 4 August 2014.</ref>

In July 2019, a {{convert|2.75|m|adj=on}} [[bronze]] statue based on the famous photograph was unveiled outside [[Perth Stadium]].<ref name=statue>{{cite web | title=Historic Nicky Winmar statue to be unveiled at Optus Stadium | website=[[The West Australian]] | date=6 July 2019 | url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/historic-nicky-winmar-statue-to-be-unveiled-at-optus-stadium-ng-b881251556z | access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>

In March 2023, during Round 2 of the [[2023 AFL season]], [[Western Bulldogs]] player [[Jamarra Ugle-Hagan]] received a racist remark from a {{AFL StK}} supporter when walking off the field at the end of the game. During the following week's game, in celebration of one of five goals he scored, Ugle-Hagan lifted his shirt and pointed to his skin whilst looking at the crowd, emulating Winmar's gesture.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-31 |title=AFL star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan responds to racist abuse with iconic gesture |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65095927 |access-date=2023-04-03}}</ref><ref name=yussuf2023>{{cite web | last=Yussuf | first=Ahmed | title=With fresh allegations of racism targeted at Indigenous players, Winmar's protest echoes to a new generation | website=[[ABC News (Australia)]]| date=17 April 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/nicky-winmar-indigenous-afl-racism-anniversary/102222960 | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

Music trio 3% featured a contemporary art work of this moment on their album ''[[Kill the Dead]]''. The work was completed by [[Daniel Boyd (artist)|Daniel Boyd]].<ref name="RSA announce">{{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/3-announce-kill-the-dead-debut-album-61394/|title= 3% Announce Debut Album ‘Kill the Dead’|website= [[Rolling Stone Australia]]|date=11 June 2024|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>

===Jumper===
Winmar donated the jumper he was wearing in the photograph to the [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission]] (ATSIC) in 1998.<ref>Shaw, Meaghan (2005). [http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Winmar-seeks-guernsey-that-changed-AFL/2005/03/09/1110316092563.html Winmar seeks guernsey that changed AFL] – ''[[The Age]]'' online. Published 10 March 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Prior to the commission's disbanding in 2005, [[Geoff Clark (politician)|Geoff Clark]], the chairman of ATSIC at the time, removed the framed jumper from the commission's offices in [[Canberra]] to his home in [[Warrnambool]], Victoria.<ref>La Canna, Xavier (2005). [http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/ATSIC-chair-to-return-jumper/2005/03/10/1110417603947.html ATSIC chair to return jumper] – ''[[The Age]]'' online. Published 10 March 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Clark was forced to return the jumper to Winmar, which was later donated to the [[National Museum of Australia]], where it featured in ''Off the Walls'', an exhibit of [[Indigenous Australian art]].<ref>[http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/off_the_walls/collection_background About the Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519130417/http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/off_the_walls/collection_background |date=19 May 2012 }} – National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In May 2012, the jumper was auctioned by [[Sotheby's]], but was passed in after the bidding reached {{AUD|95,000}}.<ref>[http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/05/15/winmar-s-guernsey-fails-to-sell-at-auction/ Winmar's guernsey fails to sell at auction] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911092203/http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/05/15/winmar-s-guernsey-fails-to-sell-at-auction/ |date=11 September 2012 }} – Sports News First. Published 15 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> In September of the same year, [[Museum Victoria]] purchased the jumper for $100,000, with the intention to display it at the ''First Peoples'' exhibition at Melbourne Museum in July 2013.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/former-st-kilda-great-nicky-winmar-jumper-fetches-100000/story-fnca0u4y-1226476805719 Former St Kilda great Nicky Winmar jumper fetches $100,000] – ''[[The Australian]]'' online. Published 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.</ref> The authenticity of the jumper has been questioned, with the St Kilda Football Club publishing a statement in March 2005 suggesting that the jumper given to ATSIC may not have been the actual jumper worn during the game, citing differences between sponsors' logos present on the jumper.<ref>[http://www.footygoss.com/index.php/main/club_news/st_kilda/view/twist_in_winmar_jumper_debacle/ Twist in Winmar jumper debacle] – Footy Goss. Published 11 March 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref> Similar questions were raised prior to the jumper's auction in 2012.<ref>Bellamy, Louise and Gina McColl (2012). [http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/questions-asked-whether-winmar-jumper-for-auction-is-the-one-20120419-1xa60.html Questions asked whether Winmar jumper for auction is the one] – ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' online. Published 20 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

==Recognition and honours==
{| style="margin-right:4px; margin-top:8px; float:right; border:1px #000 solid; border-radius:8px; background:#fff; font-family:Verdana; font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#fff;"
| colspan="2;" style="padding:3px; margin-bottom:-3px; margin-top:2px; font-family:Arial; "| '''[[Brownlow Medal]] votes'''
|-
! style="width:50%;"| Season
! style="width:50%;"| Votes
|-
| [[1987 Brownlow Medal|1987]]
| 10
|-
| [[1988 Brownlow Medal|1988]]
| 8
|-
| [[1989 Brownlow Medal|1989]]
| 16
|-
| [[1990 Brownlow Medal|1990]]
| 1
|-
| [[1991 Brownlow Medal|1991]]
| 11
|-
| [[1992 Brownlow Medal|1992]]
| 8
|-
| [[1993 Brownlow Medal|1993]]
| 5
|-
| [[1994 Brownlow Medal|1994]]
| 5
|-
| [[1995 Brownlow Medal|1995]]
| 10
|-
| [[1996 Brownlow Medal|1996]]
| 1
|-
| [[1997 Brownlow Medal|1997]]
| 3
|-
| [[1998 Brownlow Medal|1998]]
| 0
|-
| [[1999 Brownlow Medal|1999]]
| 4
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''82'''
|}

A tournament for under-age Indigenous footballers, the Nicky Winmar Cup, has been contested since 2009 as a joint venture between the [[West Australian Football Commission]] and the Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation, sponsored by [[Alinta]], an energy company.<ref>[http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/indigenous-players-show-their-skills/1961771.aspx Indigenous players show their skills] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228125619/http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/indigenous-players-show-their-skills/1961771.aspx |date=28 February 2011 }} – ''Mandurah Mail'' online. Published 7 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/3468 Indigenous talent to contest Nicky Winmar Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507034432/http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/3468 |date=7 May 2013 }} – Department of Sport and Recreation. Published 9 December 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

===Team===
*[[McClelland Trophy]] ([[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]): [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
*[[List of Australian Football League pre-season and night series premiers#Pre-season cup winners 1988–2013|Pre-Season Cup]] ([[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]): [[1996 Ansett Australia Cup|1996]]

===Individual===
*[[All-Australian team|All-Australian]]: 1991, 1995{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[Herald Sun Player of the Year|Herald Sun Player of the Year Award]]: 1995{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[Trevor Barker Award|Trevor Barker Award (St Kilda F.C. Best & Fairest)]]: 1989, 1995{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[List of St Kilda Football Club leading goalkickers|St Kilda F.C. Leading Goalkicker]]: 1988{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[Alex Jesaulenko Medal|Alex Jesaulenko Medal (Mark of the Year Award)]]: 1992{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[Michael Tuck Medal]]: 1996{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*Aboriginal Sportsperson of the Year: 1999{{cn|date=April 2023}}
*[[St Kilda Football Club#St Kilda Team of the Century: 1900–1999|St Kilda F.C. Team of the Century – right wing]] (announced 2003)<ref name=sktotc>[http://westofmoorabbin.com/saints_history.html St Kilda Football Club Team of the Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225034428/http://www.westofmoorabbin.com/saints_history.html |date=25 February 2012 }} – West of Moorabbin. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.saints.com.au/hall%20of%20fame/tabid/5391/default.aspx Hall of Fame] – St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2012.</ref>
*[[St Kilda Football Club#2003 Inductees|St Kilda F.C. Hall of Fame Inductee]]: 2003<ref name=sktotc/>
*[[West Australian Football Hall of Fame#2009|West Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee]]: 2009<ref name="hof"/><ref>Clarke, Tim (2009). [http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/fame-never-stops-for-winmar-20090309-8t7b.html Fame never stops for Winmar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134934/http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/fame-never-stops-for-winmar-20090309-8t7b.html |date=6 October 2014 }} – WAtoday. Published 10 March 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref><ref name=wahof>{{cite web | title=Neil Elvis (Nicky) WINMAR  | website=WA Football Hall of Fame  | url=https://www.wafootballhalloffame.com.au/inductees/6d0043d0-4be1-11e9-9b6c-b72d2286ee89_neil-winmar | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
* South Fremantle's Indigenous Team of the Century (announced 2009)<ref>[http://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/news/article/-/5701308/south-fremantle-bulldogs-announce-aboriginal-team-of-century/ South Fremantle Bulldogs announce Aboriginal team of century] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616154826/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/news/article/-/5701308/south-fremantle-bulldogs-announce-aboriginal-team-of-century/ |date=16 June 2012 }} – Yahoo!7 Sport. Published 3 July 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>
*[[Indigenous Team of the Century#The Team|Indigenous Team of the Century – half-forward flank]] (announced 2005)<ref>[http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/news/AFLLegendsLaunch.html ''Legends'': The AFL Indigenous Team of the Century 1905–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510162234/http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/news/AFLLegendsLaunch.html |date=10 May 2012 }} – AIASTIS. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>
*[[Australian Football Hall of Fame|AFL Hall of Fame]]: June 2022<ref>{{Cite web  |date=2022-06-15 |title='About time': Nicky Winmar finally inducted into Australian Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/15/about-time-nicky-winmar-finally-inducted-into-australian-football-hall-of-fame |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=aflhof/>

==Later life==
Following his retirement from the AFL, Winmar played with various clubs in regional and country leagues in Victoria and the [[Northern Territory]], including for the [[Palmerston Football Club]] in the [[Northern Territory Football League]];<ref>Doug Robertson (1999). [http://global.factiva.com/aa/?ref=advtsr0020010831dvbn0090f&pp=1&fcpil=en&napc=S&sa_from= "Winmar may play the Legs"] – ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]''. Published 23 November 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2013.</ref> for the Warburton and Seville Football Clubs in the [[Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League]]; and for [[Rutherglen Football Club|Rutherglen]] and the [[Wodonga Saints Football Club|Wodonga]] clubs in the [[Tallangatta & District Football League]].<ref name="homeland"/>

Having previously worked with Denfam (a Melbourne-based construction business) and as a [[sheep shearer|shearer]], Winmar was employed in the mining industry and was living in [[Brookton, Western Australia]], as of May 2012.<ref name="homeland"/> On a visit to Perth in September 2012, Winmar had a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and was hospitalised at [[Royal Perth Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AFL great Nicky Winmar stable after heart attack|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/afl-great-nicky-winmar-stable-after-heart-attack/story-fndo2j43-1226463442749|access-date=2 September 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia|date=2 September 2012}}</ref>

Winmar's memoir, ''My Story: From Bush Kid to AFL Legend'', was co-written with Matthew Hardy and published by [[Allen & Unwin]] on 31 October 2023.<ref name=horn2023>{{cite web | last=Horn | first=Jonathan | title='It was a horrible day, looking back': Nicky Winmar on his 1993 'Black and proud' moment | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=30 October 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/30/it-was-a-horrible-day-looking-back-nicky-winmar-on-his-1993-black-and-proud-moment | access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Two of Winmar's cousins, [[Leroy Jetta]] and [[Nicholas Winmar]], were formerly listed with AFL clubs ({{AFL Syd}} and St Kilda, respectively).<ref>Kogoy, Peter (2010). [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/swans-present-latest-member-of-the-family/story-e6frg7mf-1225842075843 Swans present latest member of the family] – ''[[The Australian]]'' online. Published 18 March 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2012.</ref>

Winmar was convicted and fined in 2000 for assaulting his ex-wife on Christmas Day of the previous year.<ref>Butcher, Steve (2000). "Assault: Winmar Fined;: [National Edition]" - ''The Age''. {{ProQuest|363467630}}. Published 6 October 2000. Retrieved 1 June 2021 - via ProQuest.</ref> In 2019, he pled guilty to a charge of assaulting a taxi driver in March of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=AFL great Nicky Winmar admits assaulting taxi driver |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/afl-great-nicky-winmar-admits-assaulting-taxi-driver-20190808-p52f5d.html |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=[[The Age]] |publisher=Nine Entertainment |date=8 August 2019}}</ref>

==Playing statistics==
Winmar's player statistics are as follows:<ref name=aflstats>{{cite web | title=Nicky Winmar - Statistics | website=AFL Tables | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Nicky_Winmar.html  | access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start}}
|-
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1987 VFL season|1987]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 20 || 37 || 28 || 290 || 82 || 372 || 90 || 39 || 1.9 || 1.4 || 14.5 || 4.1 || 18.6 || 4.5 || 2.0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1988 VFL season|1988]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 21 || 43 || 39 || 299 || 60 || 359 || 89 || 29 || 2.0 || 1.9 || 14.2 || 2.9 || 17.1 || 4.2 || 1.4
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1989 VFL season|1989]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 22 || 43 || 36 || 329 || 81 || 410 || 102 || 30 || 2.0 || 1.6 || 15.0 || 3.7 || 18.6 || 4.6 || 1.4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1990 AFL season|1990]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 17 || 26 || 33 || 210 || 97 || 307 || 55 || 26 || 1.5 || 1.9 || 12.4 || 5.7 || 18.1 || 3.2 || 1.5
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1991 AFL season|1991]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 17 || 12 || 13 || 295 || 135 || 430 || 65 || 38 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 17.4 || 7.9 || 25.3 || 3.8 || 2.2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1992 AFL season|1992]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 23 || 21 || 14 || 388 || 137 || 525 || 102 || 55 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 16.9 || 6.0 || 22.8 || 4.4 || 2.4
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 16 || 12 || 10 || 273 || 102 || 375 || 64 || 37 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 17.1 || 6.4 || 23.4 || 4.0 || 2.3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 17 || 15 || 12 || 257 || 100 || 357 || 67 || 33 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 15.1 || 5.9 || 21.0 || 3.9 || 1.9
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 22 || 21 || 21 || 386 || 161 || 547 || 97 || 66 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 17.5 || 7.3 || 24.9 || 4.4 || 3.0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 11 || 10 || 5 || 149 || 75 || 224 || 50 || 16 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 13.5 || 6.8 || 20.4 || 4.5 || 1.5
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 21 || 27 || 18 || 254 || 111 || 365 || 68 || 36 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 12.1 || 5.3 || 17.4 || 3.2 || 1.7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL StK}}
| 7 || 23 || 16 || 19 || 307 || 187 || 494 || 109 || 54 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 13.3 || 8.1 || 21.5 || 4.7 || 2.3
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 1 || 21 || 34 || 14 || 158 || 73 || 231 || 69 || 13 || 1.6 || 0.7 || 7.5 || 3.5 || 11.0 || 3.3 || 0.6
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 251
! 317
! 262
! 3595
! 1401
! 4996
! 1027
! 472
! 1.3
! 1.0
! 14.3
! 5.6
! 19.9
! 4.1
! 1.9
|}

==References==
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== Further reading ==

{{Citation | last1=Klugman |first1=Matthew | last2=Osmond |first2=Gary | title=Black and proud : the story of an iconic AFL photo |year=2013 | publication-date=2013 | publisher=Sydney, NSW NewSouth Publishing | isbn=978-1-74223-405-2 }}

==External links==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=N/Nicky_Winmar.html}}

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