- Ross Glendinning
Infobox afl player
firstname = Ross
lastname = Glendinning
| birthdate = Birth date and age|1956|9|17|df=y
heightweight= 188 cm / 89 kg
birthplace =
originalteam =East Perth Football Club
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1978
debutteam =
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playingteams = North Melbourne (1978-1986)190 games, 214 goals
West Coast (1987-1988)40 games, 111 goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =
*Brownlow Medal winner 1983
*All-Australian 1984
*West Coast Leading Goal Kicker 1987, 1988
*AFL Hall of Fame Inductee 2000Ross Glendinning (born 17 September 1956) was an
Australian rules football er for the North Melbourne Kangaroos andWest Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League.Glendinning started his senior football career with East Perth in the WAFL. He joined under the
father-son rule , father Angus played 69 games from 1941 to 1951. Ross played 56 games for East Perth from 1974-77.He joined North Melbourne in 1978, twice winning the club's Best and Fairest award and in 1983, winning the
Brownlow Medal after finishing second the previous year. Strongly built, he could play at centre half-forward or centre half-back.Glendinning formed part of the initial West Coast Eagles squad in 1987, was the inaugural captain of West Coast, and won the club's goal kicking in 1987 and 1988.
In 2000 Glendinning was inducted into the
Australian Football Hall of Fame . In 2004 he was inducted to the WA Football Hall of Fame. He is also in theNorth Melbourne Team of the Century .External links
* [http://westcoasteagles.com.au/default.asp?pg=players&spg=playerprofile&personid=351369 Eagles player profile]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/wa_team_of_the_century_-_half_forwards.htm W.A. Team of the Century profile]
* [http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL: Hall of Fame]
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