- Adrian Gallagher
Infobox afl player | firstname = Adrian
lastname = Gallagher
birthdate = 12 May 1946
birthplace =
heightweight = 179cm, 72 kg
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dead = alive
deathdate =
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debutdate = Round 6, 1964
debutteam = Carlton
debutopponent = St. Kilda
debutstadium =Junction Oval
playingteams =
Carlton (1964-72)
* 165 games, 235 goals
Footscray (1973-75)
* 54 games, 38 goals
North Melbourne (1976)
* 1 game, 0 goalsTotal - 220 Games, 273 Goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = 1976
careerhighlights =
* 1963 Under 19s Best & Fairest Award
* 1967 5th Best & Fairest
* 1968 5th Best & Fairest
* 1969 6th Best & Fairest
* 1970 Robert Reynolds Memorial Trophy -Best & Fairest Award
* 1971 Arthur Reyment Memorial Trophy -2nd Best & Fairest
* 1972 6th Best & FairestAdrian Gallagher, widely known as "Gags" (and was also known as "Golly" before he started to lose his mop of curly hair), is a former
Australian rules football er in theAustralian Football League .He was also an outstanding cricketer and, perhaps, a better cricketer than he was a footballer. He received many offers to play County Cricket in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton. Apart from Collingwood's
Bill Picken , [Not only did Picken play both first-grade cricket and football for Collingwood, but he also has the dubious distinction of being the first first-grade cricketer ever to be suspended by the Victorian Cricket Association for striking an opponent during a cricket match.] Adrian is certainly the last player to play both first grade football and first grade cricket for the same club (Carlton).Gallagher made his debut for the
Carlton Football Club in Round 6, 1964. He was a tenacious, and courageous left-footer; and he was renowned for fearlessly burrowing into dense packs and coming out with the ball. He left the Blues and moved to Footscray at the end of the 1972 season.References
External links
* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=Adrian+Gallagher Adrian Gallagher] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]
* [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22833420-2882,00.html Life Membership of Carlton Cricket Club awarded to Adrian Gallagher]
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