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Frank Costa, former Geelong Cats president and philanthropist, dies aged 83 – ABC News
Best known for his tenure as president of the Cats from 1998 to 2010, Frank Costa was also a giant figure of Geelong, where he headed the Costa fruit and vegetable…
Former president of the Geelong Football Club, businessman and philanthropist Frank Costa has died at the age of 83.
A giant figure in Victoria’s second-biggest city, Mr Costa and his brother Adrian took over the family fruit and vegetable business in 1958, growing Costa Group into a billion-dollar company.
But the father of eight is perhaps best known for his tenure as president of the Geelong Cats from 1998 to 2010.
During his time as head of the club, the Cats went from a financially struggling…
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