The city of Geelong came to a standstill on Tuesday to farewell football identity Bob Davis.
More than 1000 people packed into the St Mary's Basilica and many others braved a cold, wet afternoon to farewell the Geelong Football Club great, who died last week aged 82.
Among the mourners were football and television legend Lou Richards, Eddie McGuire, Daryl Somers, Tom Hafey, Peter 'Crackers' Keenan, Peter McKenna, Kevin Bartlett, Mark Thompson and Gary Ablett junior, who travelled from the Gold Coast for the funeral.
Also in attendance were members of the 1951-52 premiership-winning teams Davis was a member of as a player, the 1963 flag-winning team he coached and the majority of the current Geelong side.
Davis will go past Kardinia Park for the final time following the memorial service that featured eulogies from his son Guy, former Geelong president Frank Costa and popular media identity Ian Cover.
Guy Davis reflected on his dad's love for his family, football and cars, drawing great laughter when recounting a story that he had once driven from Geelong to Melbourne in 27-and-a-half minutes.
"It was 26-and-a-half minutes," Guy Davis said.
Davis said his father had shared the drought-breaking 2007 premiership triumph with his family at home and loved the chance to present the cup to Tom Harley following the Cats' 2009 flag success.
Costa shared a story from when in his early-20s, working at the family's fruit shop in Moorabool Street, Davis came in with a strapping new recruit named Graham Farmer.
Cover painted a picture of Davis' remarkable media career which spanned newspaper, radio and television.
Davis enjoyed a 47-year career in television, highlighted by his days alongside the late Jack Dyer and Richards on League Teams and World of Sport.
In a fine tribute, Cover provided a wonderful moment when he shared Davis' thoughts on the performance of the Brisbane Bears in a 20-goal loss during the 1989 season.
Davis was critical of a number of the Bears players and when pressed by the panel for his thoughts on Richard Champion, he responded: "In name only."
Davis is survived by wife Margaret and five children.