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Feb 03, 1955 69 years old
Australian rugby league footballer and administrator
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About John Ribot
- John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bresac on 3 February 1955) is an Australian sports administrator and former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.
- Once a Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative winger or lock forward, 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.
