An emotional Lindsay Fox described his friend Frank Costa as one of the greatest men Geelong has produced, at a state memorial to honour the former Cats president and businessman.
In bright sunshine, tributes to Costa flowed from a stage covered in flowers, baskets of fruit and a portrait of Costa with his thumbs up while the 2007, 2009 and 2011 premiership cups rested to the side and three premiership flags fluttered in the breeze above the Reg Hickey Stand. His brother Robert said Frank’s “indomitable will galvanised everyone around him” as the family built a fruit and vegetable business that allowed him to extend his philanthropic work, form the Costa Group and become the president of the Geelong Football Club in 1998.
Club great Gary Ablett and premiership captain Tom Harley were in attendance along with the Cats’ playing list. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan and chairman Richard Goyder also gathered to pay their respects.
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