Australia international rugby league footballer & administrator
John Ribot
Personal information
Full name
John Ribot de Bresac
Born
(1955-03-03) 3 March 1955 (age 69) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position
Wing, 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.
^"Rugby League Project". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^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.
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Queensland Roar FC were officially announced. The board consisted of chairman JohnRibot, a former CEO of both National Rugby League clubs Brisbane Broncos and...
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(Queensland and Australian winger) Nathaniel Peteru (2015- Gold Coast Titans) JohnRibot (Queensland and later Australian winger, founding CEO of Brisbane Broncos...
of Brookvale) We Are the Storm Michael Moore Trophy Important figures JohnRibot Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus Matt Geyer Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Billy...
Robert Laurie (South Sydney) Fullback: Brian Johnson (St George) Winger: JohnRibot (Western Suburbs) Centre: Michael Cronin (Parramatta) Five-eighth: Robert...
Queensland 20–6 New South Wales (8 - 2 t ) Dale Shearer (4 - 1 t) JohnRibot (4 - 1 t) Ian French (4 - 2 g) Mal Meninga (Report) Steve Ella (4 - 1 t) Michael...
to winger JohnRibot. The dead rubber third test also doubled as the first game of the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup tournament. JohnRibot, Steve Ella...
of Brookvale) We Are the Storm Michael Moore Trophy Important figures JohnRibot Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus Matt Geyer Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Billy...
debt. March 2003 Queensland Clubs Management and Melbourne Storm owner JohnRibot offered a $4 million package to clear the club's debts however the founding...
Broncos. Former Australian representative Brisbane Rugby League player JohnRibot was appointed the club's first chief executive officer. As the people...
Russel Gartner 1978 Larry Corowa 1979 Mitch Brennan & Tom Mooney 1980 JohnRibot & Wayne Wigham 1981 Terry Fahey 1982 Steve Ella 1983 Phil Blake 1984 Terry...
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