SYDNEY, July 21 (Reuters) - Australia's soccer supremo Frank Lowy underwent surgery in Europe last week for injuries believed to be related to a fall at the A-League Grand Final in May, Westfield Corp WFD.AX said on Tuesday.
The 84-year-old Football Federation Australia (FFA) president was treated for a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain, the company said in a statement about its chairman.
Lowy, who is also chairman of Scentre Group SCG.AX , was operated on in Europe, where he began to feel unwell while on holidays.
"He is now out of hospital and he is expected to make a full recovery," Westfield said in the statement, adding that Lowy would return to Australia following a short convalescence.
Lowy tumbled several feet off the stage at Melbourne's Rectangular Stadium in May, just before he was about to present the A-League trophy to Melbourne Victory's captain. ID:nL3N0Y922C
The raucous crowd of 30,000 fell into a stunned silence as the Czechoslovakia-born billionaire lay motionless on the pitch before being helped to his feet and resuming the presentation. Later that day, the FFA said Lowy had suffered no major injuries.