Adam Goodes has won the Australian of the Year award, becoming the first VFL/AFL footballer to do so.
He was named after recieving more than three thousand nominations and becoming the NSW Australian of the Year last November.
Goodes said “The award of New South Wales, and of Australian of the Year is recognition of making the right choices at the right time, standing up for who you are and what you believe in.
“That’s not going to change and I just look forward to being able to do that on a bigger stage now and hopefully get to as many people to have those conversations with and hopefully inspire others to do the same thing.””
