SUNRAYSIA sporting icon Brian Weightman has died aged 88.

Mr Weightman was acknowledged earlier this year for his more than 70 years of service to local football and cricket by the naming of a Mildura Recreation Reserve oval in his honour.

The father of former Richmond Football Club champion Dale, Mr Weightman was a life member of Sunraysia Football Netball League, Imperial Football Netball Club, Victoria Country Cricket League, Sunraysia Cricket Association, Willowfest, Mildura East Cricket Club and Sunraysia Junior Football League for his lifetime of service and contributions.

He was also inducted into the South Mildura Football Club Hall of Fame in 2005.

Richmond Football Club chief executive Brendan Gale on Tuesday paid tribute to Mr Weightman as "a pillar of the Mildura/Sunraysia community".

Mildura Rural City Council sport and recreation councillor Glenn Milne said it was fitting that council was able to rename the Mildura Recreation Oval to Brian Weightman Oval before he died.

"He got a great kick out of the day where people were able to celebrate his life before he passed away," Cr Milne said.

"He was just one of those amazing people that we grew up with and there are very few of those people left," he said.