 Glasper was born in 1910 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, and played football for Middlesbrough-based Northern League club South Bank before signing for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League First Division in the 1931–32 season.He never played for the first team, and moved on to Midland League club Mexborough Athletic in December 1932.He had played at left half for South Bank, but Wednesday thought of him as a forward, and Mexborough played him at inside right.