To commemorate the event, afc.com.au caught up with Crows forward Eddie Betts to discuss his rich family heritage, his unique road to AFL football and the significance of Indigenous Round. The 33-year-old australian rules footballer was born in Australia. 'If at any time anyone is wondering why we work so hard to bring attention to the importance of stamping out racism, this is it,' he wrote.North Melbourne star Majak Daw liked and shared Betts' post of an abusive message sent to him by a racist online troll. Betts was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia and raised by his mother in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Millennials is a generation who grew up with computers, internet and social networks. But I know that he’d be proud of me and me carrying on the name Eddie Betts. 'Right beside ya my brother,' Melbourne Storm NRL star Josh Ado-Carr commented.Betts' Western Australian-based mother Cindy Sambo took aim at the 'jealous and ugly' trolls targeting her son as she revealed the heartbreaking loss of his grandfather in police custody 33 years ago. It’s draining.“But you know, that could’ve been prevented, that could’ve been stopped if he was helped at the hospital.“It’s tiring and we’re sick of fighting,” Betts said.“I needed people to understand that I need to set up barriers every day when I leave the house, thinking I’m going to get racially abused when I’m driving, when I go to the supermarket.“All I want to do is rock up to training, play, enjoy the game of footy but before then I’ve gotta set up barriers for myself because I get racially abused.”AFL360 tonight was the best footy show in years.
Well done all, particularly Eddie.“He died alone in the cells by himself at age 49, my grandfather Eddie Betts. "There was a fair bit about [money] but it wasn't all about that … it was about family … He won the Goal of the Year award for his spectacular goal against Collingwood in 2006.Like many famous people and celebrities, Eddie Betts keeps his personal life private. As a result, his mother arranged for the 15-year-old Betts to move to Melbourne and begin a TAFE program run by Indigenous former footballer Phil K… My Mum’s from Western Australia in Kalgoorlie and she’s a Gubrun. “I was really proud taking a knee for the Black Lives Matter and racism in Australia and you know it happens in our backyard as well,” Betts told AFL 360. 'To continue to listen. He was just 49.Television cooking personality Adam Liaw, breakfast radio host Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald, model Megan Gale and Aboriginal rapper Adam Briggs also posted messages of support. My Dad’s from Port Lincoln and he’s a Nunga. I’m kind, always like to give people a second chance and I’ve always liked to educate people.“It’s just tiring, just fighting fighting fighting every year,” Betts said on Tuesday.“My grandfather Eddie Betts, my dad’s Eddie Betts, my grandfather is Eddie Betts, he was sick in Port Lincoln, he went to the doctors.
'Enough of this BS,' Daw captioned the shared postCindy Sambo, pictured with her son, AFL star Eddie Betts in 2019 has urged racist trolls targeting him online 'to get a life''His grandfather died in custody and every time something comes up, it affects our family very much. It’ll happen next week again and I’m tired of it,” Betts said.“I’m sick and tired of it, but I want the AFL to be a safe platform for young Aboriginal kid to come and enjoy and play footy without being racially abused.Carlton are currently 13th on the AFL ladder and will take on Essendon on Saturday evening at the MCG.“It just drains you, you kind of think, ‘Why am I playing footy?’ and then I think to myself, ‘I need to let people know what I’m going through’.In a raw interview, Eddie Betts has detailed the heartbreaking family tragedy that compels him to take a knee in the fight for equality.“I wish I could’ve grown up with my grandfather, but that’s not the case. People born on a Wednesday are generally well-spoken and have an innate talent for improvisation.The education details are not available at this time.