Wikipedia:
List of Indigenous Australian sportspeople
Numerous Indigenous Australians and noted sportspeople.
Athletics (track and field)
Australian rules football
- Barry Cable
- Graham "Polly" Farmer
- Jeff Farmer
- Adam Goodes
- Syd Jackson famous for being exonerated by (then) VFL tribunal from a charge of striking a Collingwood footballer, and being told that he had no case to answer. Jackson's case (which the tribunal accepted without question) was that the Collingwood footballer had called him "Sambo".
- Chris Johnson
- Jim and Phil Krakouer
- Michael Long
- Peter Matera
- Norm McDonald
- Andrew McLeod
- Sir Douglas Nicholls - Australian rules footballer and Governor of South Australia
- Gavin Wanganeen
- Darryl White
- Marcus Williams
- Mark L. Williams
- Nicky Winmar
Boxing
- Jerry Jerome first Aboriginal boxing champion, 1912 Middleweight
- Anthony Mundine and previously rugby league
- Lionel Rose
- Dave Sands
- Neville "Chappy" Williams
- Wally Carr
Cricket
- Jason Gillespie
- Johnny Mullagh 1860s cricketer, one of the first eleven
- Eddie Gilbert 1930s Queensland cricketer
Football (soccer)
Rugby League
- Arthur Beetson
- Nathan Blacklock
- Matt Bowen
- Preston Campbell
- Greg Inglis
- Cliff Lyons
- Mal Meninga
- Nathan Merritt
- David Peachey
- Steve Renouf
- Amos Roberts
- Wendell Sailor (also rugby union)
- John Sutton
- Sam Thaiday
- Johnathan Thurston
- Dean Widders
Rugby Union
Tennis
Horse racing
- Darby McCarthy, jockey
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