A common misconception about Choco is that he's Aboriginal.
He isn't.
Has some Jamaican blood on his fathers side I think.
IMO, the Hall of Fame isn't the right platform for politics.
Wikipedia amongst many others, disagees.
"His father, Edward, born inEngland, died when Cable was six and he was raised by his indigenous mother, Dorothy a member of the Noongar people of south-west Western Australia."
AFL had him in Indigenous Team of the Centrury......for how long though.
Certainly Barry always acknowledged and claimed his aboriginality through his mother, Dorothy, on may occasions, over years.
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Wikipedia amongst many others, disagees.
"His father, Edward, born in England, died when Cable was six and he was raised by his indigenous mother, Dorothy a member of the Noongar people of south-west Western Australia."
AFL had him in Indigenous Team of the Centrury......for how long though.
Certainly Barry always acknowledged and claimed his aboriginality through his mother, Dorothy, on may occasions, over years.