Anthony Gleeson was a dual player from Tralee,

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. He played at full back for most of his career. Gleeson was unlucky not to have won any senior honors with

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, he missed out on the Munster Championship win in 1991 and despite playing in the first round in 1996 did not play another game and therefore did not receive a Munster medal. He did win a Munster Under 21 Championship in 1988. He also played underage hurling with

in the late 80's, he was captain of the team in 1987 when they won the Leinster Minor B Championship. He gave up hurling at a young age to focus on football. He also played with the Kerry Vocational Schools team in the late 80's winning 2 All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championships in 1986 and 1987. At club level he played football with John Mitchels. He had little success with the club failing to win a County Championship, he did however played in the 1989 final when John Mitchels were beaten by

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. He played hurling with

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and won a County Minor Championship with them in 1986. He also played with

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club St Vincents.

References

* http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/player/101/Anthony-Gleeson * https://web.archive.org/web/20111009064219/http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21f_teams/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dual players John Mitchels (Kerry) Gaelic footballers St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers Austin Stacks hurlers Kerry inter-county hurlers {{Kerry-hurling-bio-stub