Ted Glossop

Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.

Ted Glossop

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Charles Glossop
Born	1934 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 December 1998 (aged 64) Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1951–57 St. George 115 17 0 0 51
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% 1980–1983 New South Wales 8 2 0 6 25
Source: ^[1]^[2]

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

1. Rugby League Project
2. Rugby League Project Coaches
3. The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (ISBN 1 875169571)
4. Rugby League Project
5. Rugby League Project
6. "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
7. "Alumni - Canterbury Boys' High School". canterburb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
8. Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 2 January 1999
9. "December 30: Stacey gets national honour; Dogs coach dies". National Rugby League.

Sporting positions
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