Ted Glossop
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Edwin Charles Glossop | |||||
| Nickname | Gentleman Ted | |||||
| Born | 1934 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||
| Died | 30 December 1998 Caringbah, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Half back | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1951–57 | St. George | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1977 | Cronulla Sharks | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 59 |
| 1978–83 | Canterbury | 148 | 86 | 5 | 57 | 58 |
| 1988 | St. George Dragons | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 41 |
| Total | 192 | 108 | 5 | 79 | 56 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1980–83 | New South Wales | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 25 |
Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Playing career
He played for the St. George Dragons for seven seasons between 1951-1957, mainly in reserve grade. He mostly played as a half-back.
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.[1]
Ted Glossop is also remembered as coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team in 1980, 1981 and 1983.[2]
His son, John Glossop, was a first grade player with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1975-1983).[3]
Ted Glossop was also a high school teacher and high school head master. He was promoted from a teacher at Gymea High School to principal of Picnic Point High School in 1979. As a student he attended Canterbury Boys' High School.
Ted Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998. [4]
References
| Preceded by Roy Masters 1982–1987 |
Coach St. George Dragons 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by Craig Young 1989–1990 |
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