Greg Florimo

Greg Florimo

Florimo in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1967-05-17) 17 May 1967 (age 49) Sydney, New South Wales
Playing information
Height	179.5 cm (5 ft 10.7 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Position	Centre, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1986–98 North Sydney Bears 284 72 3 1 295 1999 Wigan Warriors 20 7 1 0 30 2000 Halifax 26 6 4 0 32 Total 330 85 8 1 357 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–95 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0 1989–95 City Origin 3 0 0 0 0 1994–95 Australia 4 0 0 1 1
Source: RLP SL Stats

Greg Florimo (born 17 May 1967 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian Rugby League player and current rugby league administrator known for his lifelong association with the North Sydney Bears both as a player and CEO.

Florimo began playing as a senior in the North Sydney district for Willoughby at age seven before playing for McMahons Point, Crows Nest and North Sydney Brothers. He also played for the Lane Cove Rugby Club Juniors. He played 285 first-grade games for the Bears over 13 seasons, starting his career in the centres before moving to 5/8. He made his debut for the Bears in 1986 and retired in 1998. In first grade he scored 73 tries, 3 goals and 1 field goal. He famously called the North Sydney fans onto Bear Park in 1997 after the game when Norths defeated traditional rivals Manly by 41 points.

For NSW he played four State of Origin games between 1988 and 1995. He played four Tests for Australia between 1994 and 1995. He played in Super League for English clubs Wigan Warriors in 1999 and Halifax in 2000.

Greg Florimo kicked two field goals in his senior rugby league career. The first came in a 19-10 win for North Sydney over Cronulla-Sutherland in Round 11 of the 1991 season. The second came in the second test of the 1995 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand at the Sydney Football Stadium in which Australia won 20-10 and wrapped up the series 2-0.