The family of AFL great Lou Richards is considering an offer from the Victorian government to hold a state funeral for him.

Richards died on Monday aged 94 after a long and celebrated career as a player and media figure.

A spokesman for Premier Daniel Andrews said the offer of the state funeral had been made to Richards’ family, and his daughter Nicole Morrison said the family was talking about it on Tuesday.

“I think dad would be really proud to think that someone from Collingwood, who grew up in Collingwood and lived most of his life in Abbotsford, would be offered a state funeral,” Ms Morrison told 3AW.

“I think that would be a great honour. I’m really thankful to the premier for offering that to us, we’re very, very proud of that.”

Richards captained Collingwood’s 1953 premiership side before becoming one of the AFL’s most beloved figures in print and television.

Ms Morrison said the outpouring of support after her father’s death had been lovely.

“(We’ve seen) how much he is loved by people in Melbourne particularly, and throughout Victoria, and I think that in itself is a memorial to dad,” she said.