Nicky Winmar has been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

The former St Kilda player's honour has been stripped effective immediately after he was found guilty of assaulting a woman in 2025.

Winmar was found guilty of three assaults. He was acquitted of a fourth charge.

The woman, who can not be named for legal reasons, alleged Winmar attacked her in northern Victoria in May of last year.

Hall of Fame charter amendments adopted in 2023 allows for an inductee to be removed if they are found guilty of indictable offence or engages in conduct considered prejudicial to AFL interests by the Commission, or conduct which brings themselves, football or the AFL into disrepute.

St Kilda has reportedly also suspended his place in the club's Hall of Fame.

Winmar was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 following a 300-plus game career with WAFL club South Fremantle and VFL/AFL clubs St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs.

"The Australian Football Hall of Fame exists to recognise the highest achievements in our game and admission to it is one of the greatest honours Australian football can bestow," AFL Commission chair Craig Drummond said.

"The Commission has a responsibility to protect the integrity and reputation of that honour.

"Violence against women has no place. Not in our community, not in our game, and not in the values the Australian Football Hall of Fame seeks to uphold.

"The Commission acknowledges Nicky Winmar's significant contribution to Australian Football and his place in our history. However, the recent findings against him render inappropriate his place in the Australian Football Hall of Fame."

His legacy in the game included ongoing work against racism, particularly his stance against abuse during a 1993 game against Collingwood.

Shortly after being found guilty it was confirmed a statue of Winmar would be removed from Optus Stadium in Boorloo / Perth.

At the time, WA Premier Roger Cook noted that "violence against women is never acceptable, and it is important we send a strong message to the community".

On July 7, National Indigenous Times asked the Premier's office why, given the fact violence against women is never acceptable, the WA Police officer who pinned a 13-year-old Indigenous girl to the floor of a train before throwing her into a seat in April was still on active duty, and if the Premier had raised the issue with the state's police minister.

The video of the incident sparked a nationwide outcry.

The Premier's office has not responded.