- Mick Gleeson
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Mick Gleeson Personal information Irish name Mícheál Ó Gliasáin Sport Gaelic football Position Right corner-forward Born 1946
Killarney, County KerryHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Club(s) Years Club 1960s-1980s Spa Club Titles Kerry titles 3 Munster titles 1 All-Ireland Titles 1 Inter-county(ies) Years County Apps (scores) 1969-1972 Kerry 15 (4-12) Inter-county titles Munster titles 3 All Irelands 2 NFL 2 All Stars 0 Mick Gleeson (born 1946 in Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Spa and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1972.[1] He was also a memeber of the Kerry junior team and won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1967.
He won 3 Kerry Senior Football Championships, a Munster Senior Club Football Championship and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with East Kerry. With Spa he won 7 East Kerry Senior Football Championship titles and a County Intermediate Football Championship. During his college days in Dublin he won a Dublin Under 21 Football Championship with Erins Hope in 1966. He later played with UCD and won a Sigerson Cup with them.
Outside of football he has been involved in politics. He ran in the 2011 general election but faild to be elected. He has also been Mayor of Killarney.
References
- ^ "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1969 (21st title) 1 J. Culloty (C) | 2 S. Murphy | 3 P. O'Donoghue | 4 S. Mac Gearailt | 5 T. Prendergast | 6 M. Morris | 7 M. Ó Sé | 8 M. O'Connell | 9 D.J. Crowley | 10 B. Lynch | 11 P. Griffin | 12 É. O'Donoghue | 13 M. Gleeson | 14 L. Higgins | 15 M. O'Dwyer |
Manager: T. LyneKerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1970 (22nd title) 1 J. Culloty | 2 S. Murphy | 3 P. O'Donoghue | 4 D. O'Sullivan (C) | 5 T. Prendergast | 6 J. O'Keeffe | 7 M. Ó Sé | 8 M. O'Connell | 9 D.J. Crowley | 10 B. Lynch | 11 P. Griffin | 12 É. O'Donoghue | 13 M. Gleeson | 14 L. Higgins | 15 M. O'Dwyer |
Sub used: S. Mac Gearailt |
Manager: T. LyneKerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1972 1 É. Fitzgerald | 2 D. O'Sullivan | 3 P. O'Donoghue | 4 S. Mac Gearailt | 5 T. Prendergast (C) | 6 M. Ó Sé | 7 P. Lynch | 8 M. O'Connell | 9 J. O'Keeffe | 10 B. Lynch | 11 D. Kavanagh | 12 É. O'Donoghue | 13 M. Gleeson | 14 L. Higgins | 15 M. O'Dwyer |
Sub used in drawn game: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt | P. Griffin for L. Higgins |
Sub used in replay: D. Crowley for S. Mac Gearailt | P. Griffin for M. Gleeson | J. Walsh for B. Lynch |
Manager: J. CullotyCategories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Spa Gaelic footballers
- Kerry Gaelic footballers
- UCD Gaelic footballers
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Alumni of St Patrick's College of Education, Drumcondra
- People from County Kerry
- Munster Gaelic football biography stubs
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