Neville Glover

Neville Glover
OAM

Personal information
Full name	Neville Kenneth Glover
Born	(1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1975–81 Parramatta Eels 121 54 0 0 152 1983 Penrith Panthers 11 4 0 0 16 Total 132 58 0 0 168 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1978 Australia 2 2 0 0 6 1978 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0 1980 City NSW 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Neville Kenneth Glover OAM^[2] (born 22 July 1955) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A New South Wales interstate and Australia international representative wing, he played his club football in the NSWRL Premiership with the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

A Seven Hills junior, Glover made his debut for Parramatta in 1975.^[3] The following year Parramatta reached the grand final which was played against Manly-Warringah. With ten minutes of the match remaining and 15 metres out from a wide-open try line Glover dropped ball over the line after Parramatta started a sweeping move from one side of the field to the other.

Speaking in 2008 about the game, Glover said "Mate I'm at a prosecutors conference today and the dropped ball thing has already been mentioned twice, I wouldn't say it gets brought up daily but certainly once a week it gets a mention".^[4] Glover dropped the pass which could have given the Eels the match-winning try.^[5][6]

In 1978, Glover made his Australian test debut in Brisbane against a touring New Zealand side in the second of a three-test series.^[7] He scored the first of his two tries of the match after being on the field for only two minutes.^[8] He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 511.^[9] Glover also represented New South Wales in 1979 against Great Britain.^[10]

Following a grand final loss in reserve grade, Glover left Parramatta. He played one more season with Penrith in 1983.

Accolades

In 2002, a team of the greatest Parramatta players, known as the Parramatta Legends, were selected based on a public vote of fans. Glover was selected on the wing.^[11]

Post playing

After playing, Glover went into coaching and later became a police officer. Glover became the senior sergeant in charge of all Hunter Region police prosecutors.^[12]

References

1. Neville Glover at rugbyleagueproject.org
2. "Mr Neville Kenneth Glover". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 24 September 2022 – via Australian Government.
3. "Player numbers 1947 – present". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
4. "Top 10 finals blunders". Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
5. O'Neill, Matthew (14 September 2007). "Eels vs Bulldogs Classic – Triple Mortimer Magic". rleague.com. Rleague.com PTY LTD. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
6. Ryan, Stephen (28 September 2001). "Not a Neville Nobody". Manning River Times. Australia: Fairfax. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
7. "Kiwis routed in rugby Test". The Age. Australia. 17 July 1978. p. 29. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
8. Pearce, Col (16 July 1978). "Fulton puts in a big claim". The Sun-Herald. Australia. p. 69. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
9. ARL Annual Report 2005
10. "Neville Glover". yesterdayshero.com.au. Australia: SmartPack International. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
11. "THROWBACK Hall of Fame". Parramatta Eels. 31 August 2017.
12. Walshaw, Nick (18 September 2008). "Famous footy fumbles still haunt". Daily Telegraph. Australia: News Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2010.