John Ribot

John Ribot
Personal information
Full nameJohn Ribot de Bresac
Born (1955-03-03) 3 March 1955 (age 69)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Fortitude Valley
1973–76 Wests (Brisbane)
1978–79 Newtown Jets 31 19 7 0 71
1980–81 Wests (Sydney) 36 26 11 0 100
1982–83 Manly-Warringah 52 33 0 0 112
1984–85 Redcliffe 38 13 28 0 108
Total 157 91 46 0 391
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1977–85 Queensland 10 3 2 0 14
1978–81 New South Wales 2 2 0 0 6
1981–85 Australia 9 9 2 0 34
Source: [1]

John Ribot (/ˈriːboʊ/) (born John Ribot de Bresac[2] on 3 March 1955), also known by the nickname of "Reebs", is an Australian sports administrator, former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. Once a Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative, Ribot was the 1980 NSWRFL season's equal top try-scorer. Also a member of the 1982 "Invincibles" Kangaroo touring squad, he played club football in Brisbane for Fortitude Valley, Wests and Redcliffe, and in Sydney for Newtown, Wests and Manly-Warringah.

Following his playing career, Ribot became the foundation CEO of the Brisbane Broncos and later Super League (Australia). When the Australian Rugby League merged with Super League to form the NRL at the end of 1997, he moved south to set up the Melbourne Storm. Well known for his expansionist attitude towards professional football administration in Australia, in 2004 he switched codes, working as a soccer administrator until 2008. He has since taken up a position at the Queensland Rugby League.

  1. ^ "Rugby League Project". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ Headon, David (October 1999). "Up From the Ashes: The Phoenix of a Rugby League Literature" (PDF). Football Studies Volume 2, Issue 2. Football Studies Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2009.