Adam Goodes#Booing saga

Goodes was born in Wallaroo, South Australia, to Lisa May and Graham Goodes, with siblings Jake and Brett.{{cite news | url =http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/goodes-in-a-mood-to-dominate/2008/03/21/1205602664677.html | title =Good to Go| work = realfooty.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090923214916/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/goodes-in-a-mood-to-dominate/2008/03/21/1205602664677.html|archive-date=23 September 2009 }} Goodes' father is of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry; his mother is an Aboriginal Australian (Adnyamathanha and Narungga),{{cite news | url =http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/adam-goodes-has-right-stuff-to-light-the-way-for-us-all-20140307-34cly.html#ixzz337uRe1Pw | title =Adam Goodes has right stuff to light the way for us all| work = The Age |date=8 March 2014}} "My natural father was white, my mum is full blood"Bagnell, G. "Goodes honoured but accepts Australia Day is also "pain and sorrow" for many", National Indigenous Times, 29 January 2014, p. 7. and is one of the Stolen Generation.

Goodes' parents were separated when he was four; his father moved to Mackay, Queensland,{{cite news | url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3483-0-0-0&sID=56346&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=34344094 | title=We've got the Goodes| work=AFL Mackay |date=28 April 2015}} while Goodes moved between Wallaroo and Adelaide and Merbein with his mother.[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082996017.html Lisa May's Tears of Joy], The Age, 23 September 2003.

Goodes preferred soccer as a boy, playing in South Australia. While at Merbein, he attended primary school at Merbein West Primary School in 1986 and it was there that he began to play Australian rules football as there was no soccer club for him to join.[https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/got-the-goodes-afl-legend-switches-to-soccer Got the Goodes: AFL legend switches to soccer], SBS Australia, Angela Habashy, 3 September 2018 He moved with his family to Horsham, Victoria, where he played football at high school and represented at under-16 and under-18 levels. At age 16, he began playing with the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup. Goodes played in a winning premiership side with the Rebels, where he was scouted by the Sydney Swans.

Goodes took his mother to the Brownlow Medal ceremony in 2003.

Brett, who is 4 years younger than Adam, played 22 AFL games for the Western Bulldogs between 2013 and 2015.

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Goodes was drafted by Sydney into the Australian Football League as the 43rd pick in the 1997 AFL Draft, Sydney's third round draft pick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/player-profile/adam-goodes|title=Adam Goodes|website=sydneyswans.com.au|access-date=2019-06-29|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326180603/https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/player-profile/adam-goodes|url-status=dead}} He spent the 1998 season in the reserves competition, but broke into the first team the following year and went on to win the league's Rising Star Award.{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/adam+goodes/14096|title=Australian Football – Adam Goodes – Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2019-06-29}}

During 2000 and 2001, Goodes played in a variety of positions, developing his game but lacking consistency at times. He played every game during this period. In early 2002, however, his form had slumped and it had been suggested that he may be dropped. However, coach Rodney Eade resigned mid-season and under interim (later permanent) coach Paul Roos, Goodes found himself playing more in the ruck. In the second half of that season his form improved immensely. After injuring his knee twice in the ruck, he moved to play on the wing and went on to win two Brownlow Medals.

In 2003, Goodes returned to the ruck position for significant parts of the year in what became his best season to that point. He played a critical role in the Swans' revival and eventual preliminary final game that year. In particular, his efforts were crucial in the Swans' win against Port Adelaide in the qualifying finals.

At the end of the season, Goodes won the club's best and fairest award, the Bob Skilton Medal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2011-10-07/adam-goodes-wins-bob-skilton-medal|title=Adam Goodes wins Bob Skilton Medal|website=sydneyswans.com.au|date=7 October 2011 |access-date=2019-06-29}} and received All-Australian selection for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/all-australian|title=All Australian|website=afl.com.au|access-date=2019-06-29}} However, his greatest achievement was winning the league's highest personal honour, the Brownlow Medal, alongside Collingwood's Nathan Buckley and Adelaide's Mark Ricciuto.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/event-news/brownlow/about-the-brownlow|title=Brownlow Medal history and winners|website=afl.com.au|access-date=2019-06-29}} This was the second time in the history of the medal that the award was shared between three players (the first time was in 1930). Goodes attributed his success to his longtime mentor John Winter.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Goodes had an indifferent 2004, much like his team, who only managed the semi-finals stage of the finals series. He did not repeat his efforts of 2003, mainly due to knee injuries, yet he still managed to play every game. The knee injuries were due to an awkward fall during the season while playing in the ruck against the West Coast Eagles. Many expected Goodes to have suffered a posterior or anterior knee ligament damage, but he battled on. After this injury, coach Roos announced that Goodes' rucking days were over and that he would be used in other positions. He played in the backline for the remainder of 2004.

Goodes returned to form in 2005, playing mainly in the midfield. His year was highlighted with a near match-winning 33 disposals in round 18 against the Adelaide Crows. He played well in the 2005 Grand Final, kicked a goal and gathering 20 possessions as the Swans won their first premiership since 1933.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1467782.htm Swans celebrate grand final glory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903012002/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1467782.htm |date=3 September 2009 }} (25 September 2005) He was also awarded life membership of the Swans after playing his 150th game during the year.Michael Cowley and AAP (1 October 2005) [http://www.smh.com.au/news/afl/finally-kirk-first-among-equals/2005/09/30/1127804661039.html Finally, Kirk first among equals]File:Adam Goodes.jpg

In Round 7, 2006, Goodes played his 150th consecutive match, a notable effort with the injuries he had in 2004. By the end of the 2007 season, he had played 191 consecutive matches. He returned to the ruck position in 2005 and 2006, but only occasionally around the ground and not at centre bounces where his knee injury occurred.

In 2006 Goodes had another notable year and again won the Brownlow Medal. He came into the count as a heavy favourite and became the twelfth player to have won two or more Brownlow Medals, the first Aboriginal Australian to win two, and the first player to win two with a non-Victorian club.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/afl/its-all-goodes/2006/09/25/1159036477774.html |title=It's all Goodes: Swan takes the Brownlow |date=26 September 2006 |author=Michael Cowley |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Goodes said of his performance, "I'd like to think with another couple of years in the midfield I could improve again.".{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,20476586-23211,00.html |title=Second Brownlow all Goodes |date=26 September 2006 |author=Mark Robinson |work=Fox Sports (Australia) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115114/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0%2C%2C20476586-23211%2C00.html |archive-date=29 September 2007 }} Goodes had a poor performance in the first half of the 2006 Grand Final against the West Coast Eagles in a repeat of 2005. However, he turned on the heat in the second half with his team coming close (losing by one point).

At the end of the year he was once again selected in the All-Australian team.

Seasons 2007 and 2008 saw Goodes drop off in form but he was still instrumental in Sydney's finals campaigns. He had Brownlow Medal-threatening suspensions and charges during both years. In 2008 he missed games either through suspension or injury for the first time since 2000. His 2007 season ended strongly for him as he received 16 of a possible 18 Brownlow Medal votes in the last six games of the year.

Goodes played his 250th game in 2009, against Geelong. He was arguably one of the best players throughout the 2009 season, playing in the forward line because of Barry Hall's mid-season departure. He finished the season with 38 goals and averaged 21 disposals. From 2006 to 2009 he received 84 Brownlow votes which equated to 21 per season, easily a winning tally in years gone by considering he had drawn 22 votes during 2003's success. From 2007 to 2009 he played career best football in the eyes of some critics{{who|date=October 2014}} and perhaps better than 2003 or 2006 as evidenced by a career high eight goals against Fremantle in 2008 and more accurate goal kicking when in the forward 50. Goodes played some high standard football in 2009 in what was a relatively disappointing season in which the Swans finished 12th and failed to make the finals for the first time in six years. He also polled three Brownlow Medal votes in the Round 7 match against Geelong which Sydney lost by 51 points.

In 2010 Goodes averaged about 20 disposals and two goals a game, having been at the forefront of Sydney's revival. They finished the season in fifth position. Having started the season at centre half-forward and providing a target inside 50 for much of the year, Goodes was shifted into the midfield with success. He finished sixth in the Bob Skilton Medal and was named in the initial 40 player All-Australian squad but not in the final side. He was also named captain of the International Rules squad to play in Ireland in October.

After a strong 2009 season and an occasional move to half-forward, Goodes was selected last but managed to sneak into the 2009 All-Australian team on the interchange bench.

Goodes started 2011 playing mostly in the Swans' forward line. While his ball-winning was considered as good as ever,{{according to whom|date=March 2014}} his goal-kicking became somewhat inconsistent. In a match against {{AFL Ess}} that season, Goodes had a chance to win the game for Sydney with his team down by two points, but his shot at goal drifted to the left, losing the game for Sydney by a solitary point.

Goodes played his 300th AFL game when the Sydney Swans tackled {{AFL Haw}} in a second semi-final, losing by 36 points. He became the quickest player (though not the youngest) in AFL history to reach the milestone, breaking 2003 joint-Brownlow Medalist Mark Ricciuto's record by 274 days. His late-season surge in form saw him selected in the 2011 All-Australian team in the forward pocket. This was his fourth selection in the team.

In 2011 Goodes started as the second favourite for the Brownlow but finished eighth overall, and won the 2011 Sydney Swans' Best and Fairest, beating Josh Kennedy and Rhyce Shaw, who tied for second.

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Goodes broke the Sydney games record when he played his 304th AFL game with a strong contribution in the Swans' Round 5, 2012, victory over {{AFL Haw}} at York Park in Launceston, Tasmania.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/goodes-delivers-when-swans-need-him-most--for-the-304th-time-20120429-1xt2y.html |title=Goodes delivers when Swans need him most – for the 304th time|date=30 April 2012|first=Martin|last=Blake|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} He suffered a quad injury in Round 6 and was expected to miss up to six games. Goodes played in his second premiership when Sydney defeated Hawthorn in the 2012 AFL Grand Final.

Goodes announced his retirement from the AFL after the 26-point semi-final loss to {{AFL NM}} in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-19/swans-champion-adam-goodes-calls-it-a-day|title=Swans champion Adam Goodes calls it a day|date=19 September 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=19 September 2015}} Goodes declined an invitation to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title=Adam Goodes declines Hall of Fame honour|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/adam-goodes-declines-hall-of-fame-honour-afl/100198050|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title='Our game did not do enough': AFL confirms Adam Goodes' Hall of Fame rejection|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2021-adam-goodes-hall-of-fame-rejection-racism-list-of-achievements-booing-australian-of-the-year-where-is-he-now/news-story/62c88f7a3131ab506a7294a169e5db26|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Fox Sports|language=en}} This rejection was widely seen as an indication by Goodes that the AFL had acted insufficiently to curb racism.{{cite web|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/06/15/we-need-to-respect-adam-goodes-hall-of-fame-rejection-heres-why/|title=We need to respect Adam Goodes' Hall of Fame rejection. Here's why|website=The Roar|last1=Robertson|first1=Justin|date=15 June 2021|access-date=18 June 2021}}

Goodes is of Aboriginal descent and is active in the Sydney Indigenous community. He has spent time working with troubled Indigenous youth, including those in youth detention centres, along with his cousin and former teammate Michael O'Loughlin. Goodes and O'Loughlin have also helped to start an Indigenous football academy. In September 2009 they launched the Goodes O'Loughlin Foundation, a foundation aimed at empowering the next generation of Indigenous role models in all walks of life across Australia. Goodes and O'Loughlin co-chair the foundation, which focuses on education, employment and healthy lifestyles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/apr/20/indigenous-afl-legend-adam-goodes-growing-up-i-knew-i-was-different|title=Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes: 'Growing up, I knew I was different'|last=sport|first=The Guardian|date=2016-04-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-29|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

In 2014 he was named Australian of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/adam-goodes/1144/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806014330/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/adam-goodes/1144/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2020|title=Adam Goodes|publisher=Australia Day Council|access-date=7 February 2022}}

In September 2017 Goodes was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sydney for his contribution to Australian society.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/abcinsydney/photos/a.364968469014.156091.110569469014/10155925137599015/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/110569469014/10155925137599015 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Congratulations Dr Adam Goodes! Goodsey has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Sydney Uni for his outstanding contribution to Australian society. Get around him!|publisher=Facebook|work=ABC Sydney|date=29 September 2017|access-date=29 September 2017}}{{cbignore}}

A painting of Goodes by Vincent Namatjira won the 2020 Archibald Prize. It was the first win by an Indigenous artist in the almost 100-year history of the Art Prize.{{cite web |url= https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/live-2020-archibald-prize-winner-set-to-be-announced-20200925-p55z5a.html|title='It only took 99 years': Vincent Namatjira wins 2020 Archibald Prize |date=25 September 2020 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=25 September 2020}}

Goodes was patron of the 2020 Indigenous Football Week, an event founded in 2015 by the John Moriarty Foundation, an organisation supporting young Indigenous soccer players.{{cite web | last=Intili | first=Daniela | website=ABC News | title=Indigenous Football Week sparks calls for greater Aboriginal representation in game | date=9 November 2020 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-09/indigenous-football-week-john-moriarty-adam-goodes-craig-foster/12855626 | access-date=28 November 2020}}

On 10 October 2023, Goodes was one of 25 Australians of the Year who signed an open letter supporting the Yes vote in the Indigenous Voice referendum. The letter was initiated by psychiatrist Patrick McGorry.{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title=Australian of the Year winners sign open letter saying no vote in voice referendum would be a 'shameful dead end' | website=The Guardian | date=11 October 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/11/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australians-of-the-year-open-letter | access-date=11 October 2023}}{{cite web | last=Winter | first=Velvet | title=Voice referendum live updates: Australians of the Year Yes vote letter in full | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=10 October 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/live-updates-voice-referendum-latest-news-october-11/102958838 | access-date=11 October 2023}}

Goodes wrote an essay entitled "The Indigenous Game: A Matter of Choice", published in The Australian Game of Football Since 1858 (2008). The essay concerns the Aboriginal ball game, Marngrook, and its theorised link to the origins of Australian rules football. In it, Goodes wrote: "I don't know the truth, but I believe in the connection. Because I know that when Aborigines play Australian Football with a clear mind and total focus, we are born to play it."Goodes, Adam (2008). "The Indigenous Game: A Matter of Choice". In Weston, James. The Australian Game of Football: Since 1858. Geoff Slattery Publishing. pp. 175–185. {{ISBN|978-0-9803466-6-4}}.

Appearing on The Marngrook Footy Show on NITV in a discussion about the origins of the game shortly after publication of the book, AFL historian Gillian Hibbins called Goodes a "racist", adding: "If you define racism as believing a race is superior in something, this is basically what he was doing." This view was challenged and criticised.Morrissey, Tim (15 May 2008). [http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/goodes-caught-in-racism-storm/story-e6frf3au-1111116340860 "Goodes caught in racism storm"], The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

Goodes, Michael O'Loughlin and James Gallichan founded the GO Foundation in Dareton, New South Wales, in 2011 (or earlier?See Michael O'Loughlin - uncited - says 2009.), where it was involved in various community programs for the local Aboriginal population. In 2014, it started focusing on education for Indigenous Australians and established a board of directors. Founding partners include the Sydney Swans, Allens Linklaters, QBE Insurance and KPMG Australia.{{cite web | title=History | website=GO Foundation | url=https://www.gofoundation.org.au/history/ | access-date=22 February 2021}} After starting with a few scholarships to independent schools, by 2021 GO had expanded into 26 mostly public schools as well as five universities.{{cite web | title=GO Homepage | website=GO Foundation | url=https://www.gofoundation.org.au/ | access-date=22 February 2021}}

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On 24 May 2013, during the AFL's annual Indigenous Round, a 13-year-old Collingwood supporter called Goodes an "ape". Upon hearing the abuse, Goodes pointed the girl out to security, who ejected her from the stadium.[http://www.smh.com.au/national/ejected-teenage-fan-didnt-know-ape-was-racist-20130527-2n7ab.html "Ejected teenage fan didn't know 'ape' was racist"]. Sydney Morning Herald. After the game, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire apologised to Goodes on behalf of the club. McGuire said that Collingwood had a zero-tolerance policy towards racism, but also said that the girl, who later apologised to Goodes, did not know that what she had said was a racial slur.{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Megan |date=2013-05-26 |title=Goodes abuse: teen didn't know 'ape' was racist, says McGuire |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/goodes-abuse-teen-didnt-know-ape-was-racist-says-mcguire-20130527-2n64f.html |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=The Age |language=en}} Goodes said that he was "gutted" and that he had "never been more hurt" but nevertheless called on the community to support the girl instead of blame her.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/adam-goodes-gutted-after-13-year-old-girls-racial-slur-who-called-the-sydney-champion-today-to-apologise/story-fndv8ujy-1226650256245|title=Adam Goodes 'gutted' after 13-year-old girl's racial slur, who called the Sydney champion today to apologise|first=Matt |last=Windley |work=Herald Sun |date=25 May 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-25/goodes-gutted-but-places-no-blame/4712772|title=Adam Goodes 'gutted' by racial slur but wants AFL fan educated|first=Adrian |last=Crawford |work=ABC News |date=25 May 2013}} He spoke to her the following day after she phoned to apologise, saying that she had not realised how deeply it had affected him. Goodes repeated that the girl should not be blamed; the environment that she grew up in had shaped her response.{{cite news|newspaper =The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/goodes-accepts-apology-for-teens-slur-20130525-2n42t.html|title =Goodes accepts apology for teen's slur|date=26 May 2013|first1=Jon|last1=Pierek|first2= Deborah|last2=Gough|access-date =17 July 2019}} The situation would be inflamed further five days later when McGuire joked on radio that Goodes would be a good person to advertise the new theatrical run of King Kong.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-29/eddie-mcguire-apologises-for-adam-goodes-king-kong-comment/4720152 | title=McGuire sorry for King Kong gaffe but will not resign | newspaper=ABC News | date=29 May 2013 }} McGuire, who came to Goodes' defence just five days prior, claimed three years later that his joke was made while on "heavy-duty painkillers".{{Cite news |date=2016-07-17 |title=McGuire blames painkillers for Goodes gaffe |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-17/eddie-mcguire-adam-goodes-comments-came-while-on-painkillers/7636488 |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

Over the following years, and particularly in 2015, Goodes was repeatedly and loudly booed by opposition fans at most matches. The motivation for, and acceptability of, the booing generated wide public debate, which dominated media coverage from both sports and political commentators for weeks at a time.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/07/31/adam-goodes-leave-afl-weekend-should-fuel-shame-bartlett|title=Adam Goodes' leave from AFL this weekend should fuel shame: Bartlett|date=31 July 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|publisher=SBS}}{{cite news |last1=Flannagan |first1=Martin |title=Why do footy crowds boo Adam Goodes? |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-do-footy-crowds-boo-adam-goodes-20141003-10ppvf.html |access-date=3 August 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 October 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Adair |first1=Darryl |title=Man up? I see a man down: booing and being Adam Goodes |url=http://theconversation.com/man-up-i-see-a-man-down-booing-and-being-adam-goodes-45536 |website=The Conversation |date=1 August 2015 |access-date=3 August 2015}} The then Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott, called on people to treat Goodes with "civility and respect". Many considered the booing to be unacceptable and motivated by racism—either because those booing felt affronted by his race or by the strong political positions Goodes had taken on racial issues—and called on the AFL to take direct action to stop it.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|author=Jake Niall|date=31 May 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/adam-goodes-debate-for-too-many-its-a-case-of-dont-think-boo-20150530-ghd5c3|title=Adam Goodes debate: For too many, it's a case of 'don't think, boo'}}{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/anyone-who-boos-should-be-evicted-aboriginal-elders-say/news-story/9ecd39c532bdd42bd8bc79da8757291e|author=Peter Rolfe|date=31 July 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|title=Anyone who boos should be evicted, Aboriginal elders say}} Others, such as commentator Sam Newman, defended the rights of fans to continue booing as a show of disapproval for Goodes' actions, including a perception that his approach in dealing with the Collingwood fan who called him an ape was heavy-handed,{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-adam-goodes-fire-was-lit-by-his-conduct-not-his-race-20150729-gimxzy.html | title=The Adam Goodes fire was lit by his conduct, not his race | date=30 July 2015 | access-date=1 August 2015 | last=Sheehan | first=Paul | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| publication-place=Sydney, NSW}} and for statements he had made during his time as Australian of the Year which had been seen to denigrate the history of European settlement of Australia. The booing of Goodes has also been described as a symptom of tall poppy syndrome.[http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/afl-must-ensure-shameful-booing-of-adam-goodes-is-brought-to-an-end-20150728-gimcsh.html "AFL must ensure shameful booing of Adam Goodes is brought to an end"] (28 July 2015), The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

The AFL Players' Association and captains showed solidarity with Goodes, releasing an open statement that included the words "We encourage supporters to demonstrate zero tolerance and report any behaviour which vilifies a person on the basis of their personal characteristics, such as race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. We would encourage every other fan to follow suit."

During a match against {{AFL Car}} in May 2015, again during the AFL's annual Indigenous Round, Goodes celebrated a goal by performing an Indigenous war dance in which he mimed throwing a boomerang{{cite web |last1=Booth |first1=Andrea |last2=Ahmat |first2=Natalie |title=That Adam Goodes war cry used a boomerang not a spear: choreographer |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/that-adam-goodes-war-cry-used-a-boomerang-not-a-spear-choreographer/g6p7ctip5 |website=National Indigenous Television |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=23 June 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Mueller |first1=Andrew |title=How Adam Goodes' battle whoop became the core of a whirlwind |date=19 June 2019 |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/39660/how-adam-goodes-battle-whoop-became-the-core-of-a-whirlwind |publisher=Australian Football League |access-date=23 June 2023}} (though widely reported as a spear) in the direction of the Carlton cheer squad. Goodes said after the incident that the dance was based on one he learned from under-16s Indigenous team the Flying Boomerangs and that it was intended as an expression of Indigenous pride during Indigenous Round, not as a means of offending or intimidating the crowd.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-30/proud-goodes-stands-by-war-cry-celebration|title=Proud Goodes stands by war cry celebration|author=Adam Curley|date=30 May 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|publisher=Australian Football League}} The "symbolic act" has been compared favourably to Nicky Winmar lifting his guernsey during the 1993 AFL season and Cathy Freeman running with both the Australian and Aboriginal flags at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.Martin Flanagan (5 June 2015). [http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/adam-goodes-war-dance-must-provoke-conversation-not-confrontation-20150604-ghgkjz.html "Adam Goodes' war dance must provoke conversation, not confrontation"], The Age. Retrieved 25 January 2016. However, some spectators were offended by the perceived aggressive nature of the spear-throwing gesture and many considered it retaliatory against the booing he had received in previous weeks. It divided opinion among News Corp commentators, with many viewing it as inflammatory to the situation which had received particularly wide media coverage during the previous week.{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=30 May 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/adam-goodes-goal-celebration-eddie-mcguire-defends-comments-about-swan-champs-actions-were-violent-or-aggressive/story-fni5fan7-1227375743112|title=Adam Goodes goal celebration: Eddie McGuire defends comments about Swan champ's actions were violent or aggressive}} The booing of Goodes intensified in the months after the war dance, leading further public debate and to the Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, calling the booers "ignorant".{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-30/indigenous-affairs-minister-slams-booing-of-goodes-as-ignorant/6661424|title=Adam Goodes: Booing of AFL player 'ignorant', Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says|author=Eric Tlozek|date=31 July 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|publisher=ABC}} Goodes was surprised by the attention and negative reaction to his dance and later apologised for any offence, saying that because he was depicting an "Aboriginal warrior" and the ceremony was a "war cry" it needed to be directed at the opposing team's players.

Owing to the stress caused by the booing and attention, Goodes took indefinite leave from the game in August of the 2015 season. Many clubs and players in the AFL supported Goodes in the week of his leave by wearing Indigenous-themed guernseys or armbands and a video was prepared by the eighteen club captains to discourage the crowd from booing.{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=31 July 2015|access-date=1 August 2015|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/captains-of-all-18-afl-clubs-make-a-plea-to-stop-the-booing-of-adam-goodes/news-story/44d912cda37554bbf31acf6fc2735967|title=Adam Goodes booing: Gillon McLachlan calls for footy to get its respect back as captains of all 18 AFL clubs make plea to fans}} He returned the following week and played for the remainder of the season after an outpouring of support on social media; and from fans, actors, politicians, celebrities and teammates, including two spontaneous standing ovations.{{cite news |url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/08/01/17/04/afl-fans-unite-with-standing-ovation-for-absent-star-adam-goodes |title='Respect': AFL fans unite with standing ovation for absent star Adam Goodes |date=1 August 2015 |work=Nine News |access-date=5 November 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/istandwithadam-social-media-campaign-rallies-for-sydney-swans-star-adam-goodes-20150731-gip9p9.html |title=#istandwithadam: Social media campaign rallies for Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes |date=1 August 2015 |author=Deborah Gough |work=The Age |access-date=1 August 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/swell-of-support-for-adam-goodes-as-sydney-swans-play-adelaide-crows-at-scg-20150801-gipeik.html |title=Swell of support for Adam Goodes as Sydney Swans play Adelaide Crows at SCG |date=2 August 2015 |author=Jacob Saulwick |work=The Age}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-09/goodes-reveals-he-almost-retired-after-booing-controversy|title=Goodes reveals he almost retired after booing controversy|author=Adam Curley|date=9 October 2015|access-date=28 October 2015|publisher=Australian Football League}}

Goodes retired from AFL in September 2015. He did not attend the grand final, where retiring players traditionally take part in a parade, one of only a handful of players to decline this invitation since the parade for retiring players was established.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/03/18/afl-says-sorry-not-protecting-adam-goodes-sooner-racist-booing|title=AFL says 'sorry' for not protecting Adam Goodes sooner from racist booing|website=NITV|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/retired-sydney-swans-legend-adam-goodes-turns-down-grand-final-parade-offer-20150921-gjr2yl.html|title=Retired Sydney Swans legend Adam Goodes would have been booed on grand final day, says Tim Watson|last=Decent|first=Tom|date=2015-09-21|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}

In April 2019, on the eve of the premiere of one of the documentary films about the controversy and how it affected Goodes, The Final Quarter, the AFL and all of its 18 clubs, including Sydney, issued an unreserved apology for the sustained racism and events which drove Goodes out of the game. They said:

Adam, who represents so much that is good and unique about our game, was subject to treatment that drove him from football. The game did not do enough to stand with him, and call it out. Failure to call out racism and not standing up for one of our own let down all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, past and present. Our game is about belonging. We want all Australians to feel they belong and that they have a stake in the game. We will not achieve this while racism and discrimination exists in our game... We will stand strongly with all in the football community who experience racism or discrimination. We are unified on this, and never want to see the mistakes of the past repeated.

The statement also said that the football community "pledged to continue to fight all forms of racism and discrimination, on and off the field".{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-07/afl-apologises-unreservedly-for-failures-over-adam-goodes-racism/11191880|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=ABC News|title=AFL apologises unreservedly for failures over racism faced by Adam Goodes|date=7 April 2019|access-date=8 April 2019}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-apologise-to-goodes-20190607-p51vnh.html|title=AFL, clubs apologise to Goodes|first=Greg|last=Baum|date=7 April 2019|access-date=8 April 2019}}

In August 2014, his ancestry was researched and shown on the SBS TV series Who Do You Think You Are?.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/article/128668/Adam-Goodes-Amanda-Keller-and-Paul-McDermott-join-all-star-cast-for-S |title=All-star cast in 2014 for Who Do You Think You Are? |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) |location=Australia |date=27 November 2008 |access-date=19 October 2015}} In 2024, he was interviewed by autistic journalism students on the ABC TV series The Assembly.{{Cite news |last=Rugendyke |first=Louise |date=15 August 2024 |title=Leigh Sales on the bold show that puts 15 autistic students in charge |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/leigh-sales-on-the-bold-show-that-puts-15-autistic-students-in-charge-20240812-p5k1va.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 September 2024 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |department=Get The Watchlist |publisher=Nine Entertainment |location=Sydney |language=en-AU}}

In October 2015, David Jones department stores announced the selection of Goodes as a brand ambassador.{{cite news |last1=Carter|first1=Lucy |title=David Jones 'disappointed' by reaction to Adam Goodes appointment after negative response online |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-19/david-jones-disappointed-by-reaction-to-adam-goodes-appointment/6866908 |access-date=19 October 2015 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=19 October 2015}} His role would include advising on matters related to indigenous reconciliation.{{cite news |title=Adam Goodes signs with David Jones |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/10/18/adam-goodes-signs-david-jones |access-date=19 October 2015 |work=SBS News |agency=AAP |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |date=18 October 2015}} Besides that Goodes also served as a product ambassador for Qantas; according to the airline's online magazine Travel Insider he mentioned as having traveled to places such as New York City and East Africa.{{cite web |title=Places of the Heart: Adam Goodes |url=https://www.qantas.com/travelinsider/en/lifestyle/people/places-of-the-heart-adam-goodes.html |website=Qantas|access-date=29 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=Our ambassadors |url=https://www.qantas.com/au/en/about-us/our-company/in-the-community/our-ambassadors.html |website=Qantas|access-date=29 August 2019}}

Goodes was one of the contributors to Anita Heiss' 2018 biographical anthology Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia. His piece, 'The Sporting Life', discussed Goodes' personal experiences of being an Aboriginal Australian athlete and the importance of sport to his culture. He also documented his early years, mentioning the story of his mother of the Adnyamathanha and Narungga peoples who was a member of the Stolen Generations.

In 2019, two documentary films addressing the controversial end to Goodes' career, as well as the wider issues of racism and national identity in Australia, were released.

The Final Quarter, by filmmaker Ian Darling, had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.{{cite news|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-04/adam-goodes-documentary-explores-racism-in-goodes-exit-from-afl/11176028|title=Adam Goodes documentary maker urges Australians to judge impact of racism on AFL star|date=4 June 2019|access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/goodes-documentary-a-film-for-all-including-those-who-booed-him-20190530-p51ssm.html|title=Goodes documentary a film for all, including those who booed him|first=Garry|last= Maddox|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/02/adam-goodes-film-offers-afl-and-us-all-a-chance-for-reflection|title=Adam Goodes film offers AFL – and us all – a chance for reflection|first=Craig |last=Little|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 June 2019|access-date=2 June 2019}} Goodes played no part in the making of The Final Quarter but gave it his full support after watching it. On 12 June 2019, Network 10 announced that they and the WIN Network would be airing the film.{{cite web|url=https://10daily.com.au/news/sport/a190611vpbtz/network-10-to-broadcast-adam-goodes-film-the-final-quarter-20190611|title=Network 10 To Broadcast Adam Goodes Film: The Final Quarter|date=12 June 2019|first=Ant|last= Sharwood|website=Ten Daily|access-date=13 June 2019}}

The Australian Dream, written by Wiradjuri journalist Stan Grant, premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in early August 2019,{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/adam-goodes-doco-the-australian-dream-to-open-melbourne-film-festival-20190529-p51sgh.html|title=Adam Goodes doco The Australian Dream to open Melbourne Film Festival|first=Karl|last=Quinn|date=30 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019}} and it was released in Australian cinemas on 22 August 2019.{{cite journal|journal=The Adelaide Review|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/cinema/film-review-the-australian-dream/|title=Film Review: The Australian Dream|date=21 August 2019|first=Kylie|last= Maslen|access-date=25 August 2019}}

The AFL gathers biometric data on its players via a small device worn on their backs when playing. In a project taking four years, the computerised history of Goodes' performance data was transformed into an art installation commissioned by Adelaide's MOD. (Museum of Discovery), entitled Ngapulara Ngarngarnyi Wirra (Adnyamathanha for "Our Family Tree"). The tree refers to a 500-year-old sacred red river gum, or wirra, that lives on Adnyamathanha land. Sounds have been created by an algorithm that mixes recordings of the wind and Goodes' voice speaking in the Adnyamathanha language with his performance data, while a 3D scan of the wirra and Goodes' data were combined in a point cloud, resembling stars in the sky. UNSW technologist Angie Abdilla and artist Baden Pailthorpe collaborated with Goodes in the Tracker Data Project, which is open to the public from February to December 2022.{{cite web | last=Holmes | first=Tracey |author-link=Tracey Holmes| title=Adam Goodes's AFL data, its entanglement with Aboriginal knowledge systems, and the sacred wirra that's protecting it - ABC News | website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=28 May 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-28/adam-goodes-afl-data-set-sacred-wirra-tracker-data-project/101097190 | access-date=29 May 2022}}{{cite web | title=Welcome to Adnyamathanha Yarta | website=Tracker Data Project | url=https://trackerdataproject.com/ | access-date=29 May 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 20 || 19 || 12 || 190 || 66 || 256 || 90 || 16 || 186 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 9.5 || 3.3 || 12.8 || 4.5 || 0.8 || 9.3

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 22 || 40 || 22 || 228 || 67 || 295 || 98 || 28 || 115 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 10.4 || 3.0 || 13.4 || 4.5 || 1.3 || 5.2

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 23 || 34 || 17 || 260 || 69 || 329 || 120 || 26 || 96 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 11.3 || 3.0 || 14.3 || 5.2 || 1.1 || 4.2

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 22 || 21 || 17 || 268 || 82 || 350 || 111 || 68 || 125 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 12.2 || 3.7 || 15.9 || 5.0 || 3.1 || 5.7

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 24 || 20 || 13 || 304 || 127 || 431 || 142 || 52 || 299 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 12.7 || 5.3 || 18.0 || 5.9 || 2.2 || 12.5

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 24 || 9 || 10 || 205 || 131 || 336 || 116 || 31 || 103 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 8.5 || 5.5 || 14.0 || 4.8 || 1.3 || 4.3

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 26 || 23 || 14 || 319 || 130 || 449 || 145 || 60 || 116 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 12.3 || 5.0 || 17.3 || 5.6 || 2.3 || 4.5

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 25 || 25 || 13 || bgcolor="b7e718"| 381 || 140 || 521 || 170 || 84 || 5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 15.2 || 5.6 || 20.8 || 6.8 || 3.4 || 2.05

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 23 || 9 || 9 || 298 || 166 || 464 || 134 || 77 || 31 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 13.0 || 7.2 || 20.2 || 5.8 || 3.3 || 1.3

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 21 || 29 || 14 || 229 || 130 || 359 || 95 || 63 || 22 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 10.9 || 6.2 || 17.1 || 4.5 || 3.0 || 1.0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 22 || 38 || 17 || 294 || 175 || 469 || 134 || 72 || 23 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 13.4 || 8.0 || 21.3 || 6.1 || 3.3 || 1.0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 24 || 44 || 41 || 322 || 159 || 481 || 177 || 58 || 6 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 13.4 || 6.6 || 20.0 || 7.4 || 2.4 || 0.3

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 24 || 41 || 32 || 320 || 191 || 511 || 144 || 87 || 17 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 13.3 || 8.0 || 21.3 || 6.0 || 3.6 || 0.7

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012

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| 37 || 19 || 37 || 19 || 217 || 115 || 332 || 103 || 56 || 4 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 11.4 || 6.1 || 17.5 || 5.4 || 2.9 || 0.2

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| 37 || 12 || 20 || 9 || 133 || 81 || 214 || 60 || 25 || 1 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 11.1 || 6.8 || 17.8 || 5.0 || 2.1 || 0.1

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014

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| 37 || 20 || 30 || 12 || 175 || 91 || 266 || 81 || 32 || 1 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 8.8 || 4.6 || 13.3 || 4.0 || 1.6 || 0.0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015

|{{AFL Syd}}

| 37 || 21 || 25 || 13 || 208 || 119 || 327 || 118 || 48 || 1 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 9.9 || 5.7 || 15.6 || 5.6 || 2.3 || 0.0

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! 372

! 464

! 284

! 4,351

! 2,039

! 6,390

! 2,038

! 883

! 1,197

! 1.3

! 0.8

! 11.7

! 5.5

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Team

• AFL Premiership (Sydney): 2005, 2012
• McClelland Trophy (Sydney): 2014

Individual

• Brownlow Medal: 2003 (tied with Nathan Buckley and Mark Ricciuto), 2006
• Bob Skilton Medal: 2003, 2006, 2011
• All-Australian: 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011
• AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award: 2006
• Herald Sun Player of the Year Award: 2006
• Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year Award: 2006
• Australian Representative Honours in International Rules Football: 2001, 2010 (C)
• Indigenous All-Stars Representative Honours: 2003
• Sydney Swans Captain: 2009–2012
• Sydney Swans Leading Club Goalkicker Award: 2009–2011
• AFL Rising Star Award: 1999
• AFL Rising Star Nominee: 1999 (Round 2)
• Indigenous Team of the Century (centre half-back)

• Australian of the Year: 2014
• Honorary Doctor of the university (DUniv) from the University of South Australia: 2019{{cite news |last1=Sulda |first1=Dixie |title=AFL legend Adam Goodes awarded honorary doctorate by UniSA |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/afl-legend-adam-goodes-awarded-honorary-doctorate-by-unisa/news-story/89a4e556d0bd0d525a01ced5d1a53c80 |access-date=25 April 2019 |agency=The Advertiser |date=24 April 2019}}

Adam married Natalie Croker in 2016. His first child Adelaide was born in 2018.{{ cite web | url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/adam-goodes-and-wife-natalie-croker-welcome-daughter-adelaide-20190614-p51xs9.html | title=Adam Goodes and wife Natalie Croker welcome daughter Adelaide | work=The Age | first=Vince | last=Rugari | date=2019-06-14 | access-date=2022-11-11 }}

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