Michel Sorridimi (born 5 November 1956) is an Australian former
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
Career
A
St George Dragons junior from the
Kingsgrove Colts
The Kingsgrove Colts Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Kingsgrove, New South Wales formed in 1955. They are in the St George junior rugby league and currently play in the Sydney Combined Competition
...
, Michel 'Zorro' Sorridimi was graded in 1974. Sorridimi played eight first grade seasons with
St George
Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...
and won a premiership with the club in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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playing on the wing in the victory over the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. A crowd favourite at Kogarah's
Jubilee Oval
Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is o ...
, Sorridimi's career was curtailed by injury in the early 1980s, and he retired in 1982.
[Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 edition ()]
References
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1956 births
St. George Dragons players
Australian rugby league players
Living people
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league players from Sydney