Former AFL great Adam Goodes takes up official football role

• Goodes grew up playing round-ball game

• He is joining board of advisory council on development of Indigenous football

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Adam Goodes has turned to football in an official capacity for the first time with a place on the board of a new advisory council charged with overseeing the development of Indigenous football in Australia.

The AFL great, who has largely shunned Australian rules football since he was forced into retirement from the game in 2015, has a longstanding affection for the round-ball code and has played in a Sydney over-35s park competition in recent years.