13 Facts About Ross Glendinning

Ross William Glendinning was born on 17 September 1956 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian National Football League and for the North Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League.

Solidly built but agile and skilful in equal measure, Glendinning was considered one of the finest key-position players of his era.

The Ross Glendinning Medal is named in his honour and is awarded to the player judged best afield in the Western Australian derby between West Coast and Fremantle each AFL season.

Ross Glendinning started his senior football career with East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League.

Ross Glendinning played 56 games for East Perth from 1974 to 1977.

Ross Glendinning joined North Melbourne in 1978, after being denied a clearance from East Perth in 1977.

Ross Glendinning twice won the club's Best and Fairest award and in 1983, winning the Brownlow Medal after finishing second the previous year.

When West Coast was formed in 1986, Ross Glendinning returned to his home state and was appointed the club's inaugural captain.

In March 2000, while serving as Fremantle's match committee chairman, Ross Glendinning attracted attention for making remarks on television claiming Essendon's star full-forward Matthew Lloyd was suspect under physical pressure.

In recent years, Ross Glendinning returned to the West Coast Eagles as corporate relations manager.

Ross Glendinning has been inducted into the WA Hall of Champions, the Australian Football Hall of Fame, the WA Football Hall of Fame and the North Melbourne Hall of Fame.

Ross Glendinning was named at centre half-back in the North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the Century.

Ross Glendinning was the coach of the Western Australia Australian rules football team in the 1996 and 1997 State of Origin matches against South Australia and The Allies, losing both games.