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Ted Glossop

Ted Glossop
Personal information
Full name Edwin Charles Glossop
Nickname Gentleman Ted
Born 1934
Sydney, New South Wales
Died 31 December 1998
Caringbah, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951–57 St. George 15 1 0 0 3
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%
1980–83 New South Wales 8 2 0 6 25

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

He played for the St. George Dragons for seven seasons between 1951 and 1957, mainly in reserve grade. He mostly played as a half-back.

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.

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

His son, John Glossop, was a first grade player with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1975-1983).

Ted 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. As a student he attended Canterbury Boys' High School.

Ted Glossop died after losing a battle with cancer in 1998.



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