Adam Goodes may never accept a spot in the Australian Football Hall of Fame but his connection to the Sydney Swans will endure forever, according to ex-premiership teammate Josh Kennedy | VinceRugari
It continues the 41-year-old’s tragic detachment from the game since his retirement, having admitted indocumentary that his love for the AFL died within him during his final seasons with the Swans, when he was incessantly booed by crowds across the country.
Goodes’ name is also on the medal presented to the best player on the ground in Sydney’s annual Marn Grook game, spoke at a function before that match at the SCG last month, and is in regular touch with his former teammates and coaches including Kennedy, who played alongside him in their 2012 AFL grand final win.Credit:“He is officially a legend of the Swans football club and he would be of the AFL - whether he wants to accept that or not - in our eyes.
Another Indigenous icon of the AFL, Carlton’s Eddie Betts, said he could understand why Goodes said no.
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