Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian

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footballer and coach.

Playing career

He played for the

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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

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in the

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and lastly he coached St. George to a victory in the

1988 Panasonic Cup The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and Papua New Guinea. A total ...

. Glossop is also remembered as the inaugural coach of the New South Wales

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team from 1980 to 1981, being (replaced by Frank Stanton in 1982) and returning for the 1983 series.

Personal life

His son, John Glossop, was a first grade player with the

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(1975-1983). 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. He returned to Gymea High School as principal in the late 1980s. As a student he attended

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Death

Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.

References

1934 births 1998 deaths Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks coaches Date of birth missing 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 {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1930s-stub