Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- John William Gleeson
- Born
- Friday, 30th December, 1938
- Died
- Saturday, 25th December, 2021 (Aged 82 years and 360 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1966, 1967/1968
- Test Series
- Australia vs France 1964, Australia vs New Zealand 1967
- Bulimba Cup
- 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Trevor Gleeson
- Joe Gleeson
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 32 | 9 | - | 1 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 81.25% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 15.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 6 | 28 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 65 | 17 | - | 1 | 53 | 53 | 29 | 3 | 81.54% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1964, 1966-67 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1959-62, 1965 | 18 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 61.11% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1961-67 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 24.00% | List | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1963-64, 1966-67 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| South QLD Firsts | 1963, 1966 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1967 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 49.18% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates
Your Say
28/11/2013
One of the greatest players I have seen. Tough, skillful, and afraid of no-one. Out of Chinchilla, he played for Wynnum-Manly and for an extended period for Past Brothers from which is he most remembered.
01/10/2023
I played against John in a trial match at Corbett Park in the late 70’s He absolutely smashed me, so happy I did not have to play against him again. What a player he was, clean and fearless
19/12/2024
Johnny Gleeson and Les Johns were great mates in their playing days after they had both hung up their boots.
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