Ted Glossop


Ted Glossop 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.
Glossop is also remembered as coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team in 1980, 1981 and 1983.

Personal life

His son, John Glossop, was a first grade player with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Glossop was also a high school teacher and high school head master. He was promoted from a teacher at Gymea High School to 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.