Ted Glossop
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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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Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Playing career
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.
Club and state coaching career
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]
Personal life
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]
Death
Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.[8][9]
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (ISBN 1 875169571)
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Alumni - Canterbury Boys' High School". canterburb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 2 January 1999
- ^ "December 30: Stacey gets national honour; Dogs coach dies". National Rugby League.
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Preceded by Roy Masters 1982–1987 | Coach![]() St. George Dragons 1988–1989 | Succeeded by Craig Young 1989–1990 |
Preceded by Frank Stanton 1982 | Coach![]() New South Wales 1983 | Succeeded by Frank Stanton 1984 |
Preceded by Frank Stanton 1978–1979 | Coach![]() New South Wales 1980–1981 | Succeeded by Frank Stanton 1982 |
Preceded by Malcolm Clift 1973-1977 | Coach![]() Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1978-1983 | Succeeded by Warren Ryan 1984-1987 |
Preceded by Johnny Raper 1975−1976 | Coach![]() Cronulla-Sutherland 1977 | Succeeded by Norm Provan 1978−1980 |
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- 2 Chris Anderson
- 3 Chris Mortimer
- 4 Peter Mortimer
- 5 Steve Gearin
- 6 Garry Hughes
- 7 Steve Mortimer
- 8 Mark Hughes
- 9 Steve Folkes
- 10 Graeme Hughes
- 11 Geoff Robinson
- 12 George Peponis (c)
- 13 John Coveney
- Coach: Ted Glossop
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