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Joanna Guelas

Former AFL great stripped of Hall of Fame status

The AFL says it would be inappropriate for Nicky Winmar to remain in its Hall of Fame. (Erik Anderson/AAP PHOTOS)

Former St Kilda player Nicky Winmar has been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame after being found guilty of assaulting a woman.

The Saints have also suspended Winmar from the club's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, following the 60-year-old's conviction on three charges of unlawful and common assault in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court.

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