Anthony Gleeson was a dual player from

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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 Kerry, 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 Kerry 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

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s 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