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Nickname | Silver Surfer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
28 May 1976 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 14 November 2011 Source: Yesterday's Hero and Rugby League Project |
Glenn Adam Morrison (born 28 May 1976) is the head coach of Dewsbury Rams. He is an Australian former professional rugby league player who played for the Parramatta Eels, Balmain Tigers, North Sydney Bears, and the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League before moving to England to play for the Bradford Bulls and then the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (captain) (Heritage № 1274).
Glenn began playing junior football for the Terrigal Sharks in the Central Coast Rugby League.
Morrison started his career with Balmain in 1996 where he played 21 times in his debut season, scoring 4 tries. He went onto play another 20 times in 1997 scoring 3 tries before he left the Tigers for North Sydney Bears.
Morrison signed a two year deal with North Sydney in 1998 where he played 42 times scoring 9 tries. He had his most successful season in 1999 when he scored 24 points in 20 games.
Morrison was on the move again when he signed and made his NRL debut for North Queensland Cowboys in 2000. In 2001 Morrison was named the Cowboys' player of the year when he scored 13 tries is 23 games. He had his most successful spell at the Cowboys scoring 168 points in 94 games. He scored 60 points in 2002 playing only 15 times.
Morrison left the Cowboys in 2004 to join Parramatta in 2005 where he spent 2 seasons scoring 60 points in 45 games. 2006 was his final season in the NRL before he left for Super League.
In January 2007, Morrison signed a three year deal with Bradford where head coach Steve McNamara appointed Morrison as vice-captain. That same year, Morrison made the Super League Dream Team. Morrison also won the T&A Player of the Year as well as the coaches' award, Players' Player of the Year and Supporters' Player of the Year titles in 2007. In 2008, Morrison made 733 tackles, the sixth highest in the entire competition.