Steve Mortimer
Year inducted: 2019
True Blue number: 704
Origin number: 29
Born: July 15, 1956, Yagoona, NSW
Club: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Position: Halfback
Premiership career: (1976-88) 273 games, 79 tries, 5 field goals
First Grade debut: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs Balmain Tigers at Leichhardt Oval on 21 March, 1976
Representative honours: Australia 8 Tests (1981-84); NSW 7 Interstate matches (1977-81), 9 State of Origins (1982-85)
Other honours: NRL Hall of Fame 2008
Steve Mortimer burst on the Sydney scene in 1976 but his first taste of representative football was a sour one that forced him to mature as a player. Premiership success at club level steeled him so that he was a star for NSW and Australia and he holds a special place in NSW Origin lore as captain of the first Blues side to win a series in 1985.
New South Wales Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.
