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Nicky Winmar’s stand

St Kilda versus Collingwood

On Saturday 17 April 1993 St Kilda faced Collingwood at the Magpies’ (Collingwood) home ground of Victoria Park.

The Saints had beaten the Magpies in the finals the year before so there was animosity, but St Kilda had not defeated Collingwood at Victoria Park since 1976.

In the warm-up before the game, Gilbert McAdam and Nicky Winmar received withering racial abuse from the crowd.

McAdam grabbed Winmar and said, ‘Bro, we have to do something today. We have got to make a statement. We’ll show this mob, we’ll make them quiet today.'

It was a hard-fought game with both teams leading at different times. The deciding factor was the performance of St Kilda’s Indigenous players, with Winmar and McAdam named ‘best on the ground’.

As the siren sounded, Winmar was standing near the Collingwood cheer squad. Some Magpies’ fans were not gracious in defeat and continued to hurl abuse.

Winmar lingered, raising his hands in victory towards the hostile spectators and then, as if he had heard

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Nicky Winmar

Australian rules footballer, born 1965

This article is about the Australian footballer from the 1980s and 1990s. For the footballer from the 2010s, see Nicholas Winmar.

Australian rules footballer

Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar (born 25 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career for St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. An Indigenous Australian man, he was the first 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 photograph of Winmar responding to one such incident during the 1993 season has been described as one of the most memorable images in Australian sporting history.

Growing up in Pingelly in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, Winmar began his career with South Fremantle, playing 58 games at the club before being recruited prior to the 1987 season by St Kilda.

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Nicky Winmar facts for kids

This page is about the Australian footballer from the 1980s and 1990s. For the footballer from the 2010s, see Nicholas Winmar.

Quick facts for kids Nicky Winmar
A famous photograph in which Winmar points proudly at his skin in a gesture of defiance at racial abuse in 1993
Full name	Neil Elvis Winmar
Nickname(s)	"Cuz"
Date of birth	(1965-09-25) 25 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Original team	Pingelly (UGSFL)
Position(s)	Half-forward flank, wing
St Kilda leading Goalkicker 1988 2x St Kilda Best and Fairest 1989, 1995 VFL Team of the Year 1989 2x All-Australian team 1991, 1995 Mark of the Year 1992 St Kilda Pre-Season Premiership side 1996 Michael Tuck Medal 1996 Aboriginal Sportsperson of the Year 1999 St KildaTeam of the Century(named 2003) St Kilda Hall of Fame (inducted 2003) Indigenous Team of the Century(named 2005) West Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2009) Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2022)

Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar