Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
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| Full name | Edwin Charles Glossop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 1998 (aged 64) Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He played for the St. George Dragons for eight seasons between 1950 and 1958 and played 115 games for the club scoring 17 tries. He retired after the 1958 Third Grade grand final.
He then went on to become a first-grade coach with Cronulla-Sutherland, a Premiership-winning coach with Canterbury-Bankstown in the 1980 NSWRFL season and lastly he coached St. George to a victory in the 1988 Panasonic Cup.[3]
Glossop is also remembered as the inaugural coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team from 1980 to 1981, being (replaced by Frank Stanton in 1982) and returning for the 1983 series.[4]
His son, John Glossop, was a first grade player with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1975-1983).[5]
Glossop was also a high school teacher and principal. He was promoted from deputy principal at Gymea High School to principal of Picnic Point High School in 1979.[6] He returned to Gymea High School as principal in the late 1980s. As a student he attended Canterbury Boys' High School.[7]
Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.[8][9]
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| Preceded by
Roy Masters |
Coach St. George Dragons 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by
Craig Young |
| Preceded by
Frank Stanton |
Coach New South Wales 1983 |
Succeeded by
Frank Stanton |
| Preceded by
Frank Stanton |
Coach New South Wales 1980–1981 |
Succeeded by
Frank Stanton |
| Preceded by
Malcolm Clift |
Coach Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1978-1983 |
Succeeded by
Warren Ryan |
| Preceded by
Johnny Raper |
Coach Cronulla-Sutherland 1977 |
Succeeded by
Norm Provan |
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