Adrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules football

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er who played for Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Gleeson, who played as a rover, finished eighth in the 1988 Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

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 count, in just his third season of league football.

Wearing the number 12 guernsey, Gleeson debuted for the Blues in round seven of 1986 in the 40 point victory over Collingwood in what was the last game between these two fierce rivals played at Victoria Park.

He was recruited from the Koroit Football Club

Koroit Football Club

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 in the Hampden Football League and was a member of Carlton's 1987 premiership team.

Gleeson played 176 games and kicked 174 goals between 1986 and 1996.

He was rewarded with life membership of the club and was later appointed to the Carlton Board of Directors in May 2006.

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