Later that evening, Steven Marshall, Premier of South Australia, offered his family the option of honouring Ebert with a state funeral. On 9 November 2021, the Ebert family, along with the indented host, the Port Adelaide Football Club, accepted the offer for a state funeral to be held at Alberton Oval. On 16 November 2021, approximately 4,000 people attended Ebert's state funeral. Gillon McLachlan, chief executive officer of the AFL, issued a statement paying tribute to Ebert concluding that "The child in me will always admire the great footballer but the adult that I am is in awe of what Russell Ebert was as a man, and his loss after bravely confronting his illness is devastating for his family, for his club, his many fans and for the state of South Australia, where he has given so much. He was everything you would hope to be in a man, and perhaps the best of all of us." At the Glenelg Football Club Centenary Gala, held a few days after Ebert had passed away, the audience paused to celebrate his career and the band played INXS song "Never Tear Us Apart" music in his honour. Seven News Adelaide produced a 20-minute tribute to Ebert shortly after his death titled "Remembering Russell". Honours In 1984, Ebert was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to Australian football. Ebert is widely held to be the greatest player to have played for the Port Adelaide Football Club. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and is centre for Port Adelaide's greatest team. In June 2022, Ebert was posthumously elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, making him the 32nd individual and only the second player after Haydn Bunton Sr. (who played 17 games for the club after playing the majority of his career at Fitzroy and Subiaco) to be awarded the highest individual honour in the sport. In 2021, Ebert was recognised with 'Legend' status in the South Australian Sport Hall of Fame. In 2014, the western gate into Alberton Oval was named as the Russell Ebert Gate in honour of Ebert. In 2015, a statute of Ebert, sculpted by Tim Thompson, was unveiled on the eastern concourse of Adelaide Oval. Ebert was the second and currently only one of four Australian rules footballers to have a statue at Adelaide Oval, with the