icposition code nhl club name clyears birth_place county sport allstars clubs icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
right corner-back hurling 0 thurles sarsfields michael gleeson 1974-1983 thurles , county tipperary , ireland tipperary hurling 0 thurles sarsfields 0 tipperary 1975-1977 0 munster michael gleeson -lrb- hurler -rrb-
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michael gleeson -lrb- hurler -rrb-

michael gleeson -lrb- born 1955 in thurles , county tipperary , ireland -rrb- is an irish hurling selector and former player .
he is currently a selector with the tipperary senior hurling team .
gleeson enjoyed a decade-long playing career at club level with thurles sarsfields and at inter-county level with tipperary .
he was a corner-back on the latter team in the 1970s , however , he enjoyed little success as tipp were in the middle of a sharp decline in fortunes .
his inter-county career ended without collecting any silverware .
in retirement from inter-county and club activity , gleeson became involved in team management .
his coaching career began with the durlas Óg club in thurles before later serving as manager during a revival in the fortunes of thurles sarsfields at underage and adult levels .
in november 2010 gleeson was appointed as a selector on the tipperary senior inter-county team under the management of declan ryan .
