Nicky Winmar had bottles of urine thrown at him, suffered racial slurs, was spat at on the way to change rooms and his family received death threats when he played AFL.

The former St Kilda and Western Bulldogs player alleges he suffered physical and psychiatric injuries, including PTSD, depression and anxiety, after enduring years of racial abuse from spectators.

Court documents filed by Winmar's lawyers on Thursday, as he formally joined a class action against the AFL as co-lead, claimed these alleged injuries had limited his earning capacity since retiring in 1999.

"Neil Winmar played Australian Rules Football for several years in lower leagues, and has undertaken mining, removalist, shearing and traffic control work. He also worked for a job network company, Nortec," a statement of c

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