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Sydney Swans legend Adam Goodes says the only regret in his life is not being able to save his late mother from experiencing the trauma of the Stolen Generations.
The 2014 Australian of the Year has opened up in a rare interview, having a wide-ranging chat with England football legend Rio Ferdinand.
Goodes revealed his beloved mother, Lisa Sansbury, died of a heart attack in February 2022, aged 62.
The dual Brownlow medallist regularly thinks about what his family's life would be like had his mother not been exposed to systemic and horrific racism practices growing up.
The removal of Indigenous children from their families was an official government policy in Australia until 1969, and in some states it continued into the 1970s.
Adam Goodes has opened on the pain and fear his mother experienced as one of the children of the Stolen Generations
Goodes' mother was taken away from her family when she was five years old
'I think I like to live my life with no regrets,' Goodes told
