Ross Glendinning

Personal information
Birth	17 September 1956 (1956-09-17) (age 53)
Recruited from	East Perth Football Club
Height and weight	188 cm / 89 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1978, vs. , at
Team(s)	North Melbourne (1978-1986) 190 games, 214 goals West Coast (1987-1988) 40 games, 111 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal winner 1983 All-Australian 1983 West Coast Leading Goal Kicker 1987, 1988 AFL Hall of Fame Inductee 2000

Ross Glendinning (born 17 September 1956) was an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and West 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 the North Melbourne Team of the Century.

[edit] External links

• Eagles player profile
• W.A. Team of the Century profile
• AFL: Hall of Fame