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
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.

Playing career

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

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.

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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Preceded by Roy Masters 1982–1987

Coach St. George Dragons 1988–1989

Succeeded by Craig Young 1989–1990