Gerrit Thomas "Gary" Tallon (born 5 September 1973) is an Irish former professional
footballer
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who played in
midfield, principally for
Mansfield Town
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.
Career
Born in
Drogheda
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, he was a trainee at
Blackburn Rovers. However, he failed to play a first team game for Blackburn and was released on a free transfer in 1996, moving to
Scottish Premier Division
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side
Kilmarnock
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.
He made his debut for Kilmarnock on 10 August 1996 in a 2–1 victory against
Hibernian. He played Kilmarnock's following two league games but had to wait until January for his fourth appearance in a 6–0 defeat to
Celtic
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. It would be his last game for Kilmarnock. Instead, in March 1997, he moved on loan to
English Division Three side
Chester City, where he played one game.
In December 1997, he returned to England with
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...
.
He made his debut on 2 December in a 2–1 defeat to
Torquay United
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and later the same season scored the first goal of his professional career as Mansfield defeated
Peterborough United 2–0. He eventually played 86 games with Mansfield, scoring two goals,
until he was forced to retire in July 2000 at the age of 26 because of injury.
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
People from Drogheda
Association footballers from County Louth
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Association football midfielders
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Kilmarnock F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players