Ted Glossop
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| Full name | Edwin Charles Glossop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 1998 (aged 64) Caringbah, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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 high school head master. He was promoted from a teacher at Gymea High School to principal of Picnic Point High School in 1979. He returned to Gymea High School as principal in the late 1980s. As a student he attended Canterbury Boys' High School.
Death[]
Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (ISBN 1 875169571)
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 2 January 1999
- ^ "December 30: Stacey gets national honour; Dogs coach dies". www.nrl.com.
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- 1934 births
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- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches
- Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks coaches
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin coaches
- People educated at Canterbury Boys' High School
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- St. George Dragons coaches
- St. George Dragons players
- Deaths from cancer in New South Wales
- Sportspeople from Sydney
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