He played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Plymouth Argyle, and was capped seven times by the Wales national team.
Born in Swansea, Glover began playing football for The Forward Movement, a church group set up to support poor and working-class people.
[5] Glover was transferred to Second Division club Plymouth Argyle in 1939, along with teammate Cyril Lewis, and made three appearances at the start of the 1939–40 season before it was abandoned due to the Second World War.
[3][6] He continued to play for the club in the South West Regional League until January 1940, scoring five goals in six matches, and played for Wales in a wartime international before joining the Police War Reserve.
[3][6] Glover became a publican in Tamerton Foliot in 1945,[3][6] and continued to live there until his death on 9 September 1971, which was his 61st birthday.