Josh Glenn

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Josh Glenn
Personal information
Full name Joshua William Glenn
Born (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 31)
Original team Central District
Draft No. 7, 2015 rookie draft,Gold Coast
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2015 Gold Coast 5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joshua William Glenn (born 10 March 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Glenn played junior football mostly for Central District with a stint at Elizabeth in 2012, before returning to Central District in 2013, this time in their senior South Australian National Football League (SANFL) team. [1] Glenn was drafted with pick 7 in the 2015 rookie draft, after having declined an invitation to the previous year's draft combine because he said he was not mature enough. [2] [3] He was elevated to the main list [4] and made his debut against the Brisbane Lions in round 5, 2015, in which he scored his only AFL goal on his first kick. [5] [6] [7] He was delisted in October 2015, after informing the Gold Coast Football Club that he no longer wished to play on in 2016, citing homesickness exacerbated by an ankle injury that sidelined him for a month. [8] [9] [10]

In 2016 he returned to South Australia and played for a team with ties to his family, the Willaston Football Club in the Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association, where he scored thirty goals in thirteen games. [10] In 2017 he returned to the SANFL, playing once again for Central District. [10] [11] He was set to return to Willaston in 2018 but was dismissed from the club after an incident in March of that year, when he was involved in a drunken assault along with a fellow Willaston football player. They both pleaded guilty to a charge of recklessly causing harm and received a three-month suspended sentence and a twelve-month good behaviour bond. Later in 2018 he was recruited to play with Norwood. [10] [12] [13] Also in 2018, the Willaston football club was fined, stripped of match points, and two of its officials received penalties after salary cap breaches relating to Glenn in both 2016 and 2018. The club had given him sign-on payments in contravention of its league's rules. [14]

In 2019 Glenn was banned for four years after the presence of two anabolic steroids was found in a sample taken after an SANFL game in 2018. [15] After serving his ban, He returned to football for Golden Grove in the Adelaide Footy League, debuting for the club in the final game of the regular 2022 season. [11] In August 2025, he was suspended for six games (comprising the rest of that year's season) for a dangerous dump tackle in a game against Glenunga. [16] In October 2025, he was signed once again to Elizabeth for the 2026 division 6 season. [17]

References

  1. ↑ Gabelich, Josh (4 February 2015). "Glenn's unconventional journey on the right path". Gold Coast Football Club. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Whiting, Michael (3 December 2014). "Gold Coast goes for maturity at the rookie draft". AFL. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Whiting, Michael. "'I had to pull my head in': Young Sun looks worth the wait". AFL. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Round 5 AFL teams 2015: Tyrone Vickery, Adam Goodes return, Mitch Clark to miss with foot injury". Fox Sports. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Edmund, Sam (5 May 2015). "SuperCoach market watch: Bachar Houli, Scott Pendlebury the super scorers of Round 5". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (15 January 2024). AFL Record Season Guide 2024: The official statistical history of the AFL game. Melbourne, Australia: Sports Entertainment Network. pp. 808–809. ISBN   978-0645657333.
  7. ↑ Josh Glenn's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  8. ↑ "Three delisted ahead of List Lodgement deadline". GoldCoastFC.com.au. Bigpond. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Turner, Matt (23 October 2015). "Homesick Suns rookie considers return to Adelaide". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Turner, Matt (5 November 2019). "'He could still be playing AFL': how dream start turned sour". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  11. 1 2 "PLAYERS – GLENN, Joshua". Redlegs Museum. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Former AFL rookie avoids jail over assault". 9News. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Schriever, Jordanna (16 August 2018). "Footballers' drunken assault 'a scourge on modern society'". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Heath, Matthew (24 August 2018). "Gawler club cops heavy penalty for salary cap breach". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Former AFL and SANFL player handed four-year ban by ASADA for taking anabolic steroids". ABC News Sport. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  16. ↑ Renfrey, Daniel (27 August 2025). "Season over: Local SA footy star cops finals ban for dangerous tackle". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Renfrey, Daniel (21 October 2025). "'He's elite': Reinvigorated local SA footy club signs former AFL player". News Sport Network. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
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