Michel Sorridimi (born 5 November 1956) is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.

Career

St George Dragons The St. George Dragons are an Australian rugby league, rugby league football club from the St George, Sydney, St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales competition ...

junior from the Kingsgrove Colts, Michel 'Zorro' Sorridimi was graded in 1974. Sorridimi played eight first grade seasons with

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and won a premiership with the club in

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playing on the wing in the victory over the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

. A crowd favourite at Kogarah's

Jubilee Oval Jubilee Stadium (also known as Kogarah Oval) is a multi-purpose stadium in Carlton, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one of the home grounds of the National Rugby League (NRL) ...

, 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sorridimi, Michael 1956 births St. George Dragons players Australian rugby league players Living people Rugby league wingers Rugby league players from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen