Robert "Robbie" AhMat (born 19 July 1977), is a former

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er. His ancestors were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Ahmat's cousins are

Matthew Ahmat Matthew Ahmat (born 27 June 1974 in Alice Springs) is a former Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s. The Ahmat name has had ...

(Brisbane/Sydney), Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) and

Nakia Cockatoo Nakia Cockatoo ( ; born 23 October 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Cockatoo was born in the Northern Territory into a ...

(Geelong). Ahmat was the second

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person to play for

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, after

Wally Lovett Wally Lovett (born 15 December 1961) is an indigenous Australian, indigenous former Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1982 VFL season, 1982 for Collingwood Footbal ...

played a few games in the early 1980s. After being delisted from the AFL, he joined

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club Norwood for two seasons and kicked 13 goals.

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* * 1977 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Sydney Swans players Collingwood Football Club players Darwin Football Club players Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian people of Malay descent Nightcliff Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub