Adrian Gleeson (born 30 April 1967) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Gleeson, who played as a rover, finished eighth in the 1988

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count, in his third season of league football. Wearing the number 12 guernsey, Gleeson debuted for the Blues in round seven of 1986 in the 40-point victory over Collingwood in what was the last game between these two fierce rivals played at Victoria Park. He was recruited from the

Koroit Football Club The Koroit Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Saints'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the small rural town of Koroit, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, with its fo ...

in the

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and was a member of Carlton's 1987 premiership team Gleeson played 176 games and kicked 174 goals between 1986 and 1996. He was a popular player at Carlton and coach

David Parkin David Alex Parkin, OAM (born 12 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian Na ...

described the decision to delist Gleeson at the end of the 1996 season as one of the toughest of his coaching career. He was rewarded with life membership of the club and was later appointed to the Carlton Board of Directors in May 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleeson, Adrian 1967 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players Koroit Football Club players Victorian State of Origin players VFL/AFL premiership players