St Kilda 1987-98, 230 games, 283 goals. Western Bulldogs 1999, 21 games, 34 goals. (b: 25 Sep 1965, 183 cms, 81 kgs). The brilliant former South Fremantle player at various times exhilarated, dismayed and bewildered the football public. When the Eagles were putting a side together they were interested in 35 players and had to cut back to 30. Winmar was one of the five that missed out. He was then regarded as inconsistent and unreliable, but at St Kilda the Aboriginal player was a changed man, running second in the best and fairest in his first two years then winning the award in 1989. He won it again in 1995. His silky skills covered the full range of football. A breathtaking mark, glorious kick and magical in his ball handling Winmar's tackling was also superb. While most Western Australians struggled in the wet Winmar played some of his finest games in slushy conditions - a skill gained from the days when he and his brother turned on the hoses and pretended it was a muddy ground in Melbourne. He played as a half-forward and winger for St Kilda and for half a season stood in for Lockett as full-forward. In 1990 he turned to religion in a much publicised move and seemed to wrestle with the change in lifestyle. Out of character he was suspended for 10 weeks on a kicking and eye gouging charge. St Kilda was on the verge of swapping him, but to his credit Winmar fought back to regain his form and once again became one of the best players in the competition in 1992. At the start of 1993 he was in scintillating form and led in most media awards. He was then involved in a huge controversy when St Kilda beat Collingwood and he showed his skin color to the Victoria Park crowd that had been shouting racist taunts all day. A week later he had a financial dispute with St Kilda and was in exile for a month. Eventually he came back, but by then St Kilda's campaign was in tatters. In 1997 he became the first Aboriginal player to reach the 200 game mark, but along the way was dropped twice for disciplinary reasons. In 1997 he was used more in a forward pocket role as the signs of age meant he found it harder to cover lots of ground on a wing or a flank. He had a topsy-turvy 1998 campaign which plumbed the depths when he put on a bizarre display and totally lost his cool against Carlton and more particularly his tagger Anthony Franchina. Yet he was an effective player in the finals and if he had not been scragged at the last minute his late shot at goal would have pinched the final against Sydney. St Kilda finally parted company with him and he was picked up by the Bulldogs. He gave them a handy year. He was recruited to help the club bridge the finals gap, but unfortunately he was injured in the first final and missed the second week of the finals. He was an All-Australian in 1991 and 1995. He represented Western Australia eight times.