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AFL and St Kilda apologise to former Aboriginal player for ‘disgraceful’ racial abuse – The Guardian
Robert Muir has revealed years of abuse by teammates and crowds, including being spat on and pelted with bottles
The Melbourne-based St Kilda AFL club has issued an unreserved apology to former Aboriginal player Robert Muir after he revealed the racial abuse he experienced including being urinated on by a fellow player in the changing rooms during his years at the club in the 1970s and 1980s.
Muirs ordeal and the life-changing impact the abuse had on him was revealed in an extensive interview with the ABC, published on Sunday morning.
The AFL also joined St Kilda in apologising for what it described as t…
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