Dignitary visits Hall

Hall Info Published on : 7/13/2006
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta Anthony Gioia (right) poses with his son David Gioia (left) and his grandson Alex Gioia in front of Jim Kelly's Hall of Fame bust.

Anthony Gioia, the former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Malta visited the Hall of Fame on Tuesday July 13 with his son and grandson. Now retired, Gioia served his ambassadorship from 2001-2004.

A long-time Buffalo, New York resident, Gioia has enjoyed Buffalo Bills season tickets since the team's first season in 1960. The Republic of Malta is a small, densely populated island nation in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.