AFL great Nicky Winmar allegedly dragged a woman by the hair and twisted her arm, two months before he's accused of choking another person.

The former St Kilda star appeared via video link at Kerang Magistrates Court in northern Victoria on Thursday after being charged over the May 14 assault.

Details of the allegations were not read in court but charge sheets released to media state Winmar allegedly assaulted a woman in Cohuna, northwest of Echuca.

The 59-year-old is accused of grabbing and twisting the woman's arm, and then grabbing her hair and dragging her.

Police allege he intentionally caused injury to the woman.

Winmar is facing separate charges in Melbourne over allegations he intentionally choked, strangled or suffocated a woman on July 18.

It is unclear from the redacted ch

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