Tom Gleeson (rugby league)

Tom Gleeson
Personal information
Full nameThomas Patrick Gleeson
Born1889 (1889)
Kempsey, New South Wales
Died27 June 1931(1931-06-27) (aged 41–42)
drowned at La Perouse, New South Wales
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–12 Glebe 28 17 0 0 51
1914–22 Huddersfield 0
1923 Glebe 1 1 0 0 3
Total 29 18 0 0 54
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912 New South Wales 3 5 0 0 15
1912 Metropolis 1 0 0 0 0
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Thomas Patrick Gleeson (1889-1931) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1910s.

Former Glebe centre Tom Gleeson also had a long career with Huddersfield Giants in England where he partnered the legendary Albert Rosenfeld. "Australian Tommy Gleeson, signed in November 1912 from the Glebe club in Sydney, just three months before protests from the New South Wales Rugby League resulted in a ban on overseas players - a ban which was effective for fourteen years."

He did not return to Australia until after the first world war and played one final season with Glebe in 1923.

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