Life After Playing
Mortimer after his playing days setup a very successful "Shuffleboard" business, which focused on a game used mostly by 'retirement homes'. He has made several media appearances and was a member of Channel Seven's Sports World programme in the early 1990s and Fox Sports NRL coverage. Since 2005, he has been regularly seeen on Sky News as their rugby league expert.
On 24 October 2000, Steve Mortimer was recipient of the Australian Sports Medal.
In February 2008, Mortimer was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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