Ted Glossop

Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer

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]

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

## Playing career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.[8][9]

## References[edit]

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

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs squad – 1980 NSWRFL Premiers (3rd title)

* 1 Greg Brentnall
* 2 Chris Anderson
* 3 Chris Mortimer
* 4 Peter Mortimer
* 5 Steve Gearin
* 6 Garry Hughes
* 7 Steve Mortimer (c)

* 8 Mark Hughes
* 9 Steve Folkes
* 10 Graeme Hughes
* 11 Geoff Robinson
* 12 George Peponis
* 13 John Coveney

* Coach: Ted Glossop

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New South Wales Inaugural State of Origin team

* 1\. Graham Eadie
* 2\. Chris Anderson
* 3\. Michael Cronin
* 4\. Steve Rogers
* 5\. Greg Brentnall
* 6\. Alan Thompson
* 7\. Tommy Raudonikis (c)

* 8\. Jim Leis
* 9\. Graeme Wynn
* 10\. Bob Cooper
* 11\. Craig Young
* 12\. Steven Edge
* 13\. Gary Hambly

* 14\. Robert Stone
* 15\. Steve Martin

* Coach: Ted Glossop

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New South Wales State of Origin coaches

* 1980-1981 Ted Glossop
* 1982 Frank Stanton
* 1983 Ted Glossop
* 1984 Frank Stanton
* 1985 Terry Fearnley
* 1986-1987 Ron Willey
* 1988 John Peard
* 1989-1990 Jack Gibson
* 1991 Tim Sheens
* 1992-1996 Phil Gould
* 1997-1998 Tommy Raudonikis
* 1999-2001 Wayne Pearce
* 2002-2004 Phil Gould
* 2005 Ricky Stuart
* 2006-2007 Graham Murray
* 2008-2010 Craig Bellamy
* 2011-2012 Ricky Stuart
* 2013-2017 Laurie Daley
* 2018-2023 Brad Fittler
* 2024- Michael Maguire

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