Adrian Lindsay Gallagher (born 12 May 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
| Adrian Gallagher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1946 | ||
| Original team(s) | Yarram | ||
| Debut | Round 6, 1964, Carlton vs. St Kilda, at Junction Oval | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1964–1972 | Carlton | 165 (236) | |
| 1973–1975 | Footscray | 54 (38) | |
| 1976 | North Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
| Total | 220 (274) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Cricket
editHe was also an outstanding cricketer in his youth and received many offers to play in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton.
Gallagher played 34 first eleven games of Melbourne District cricket for the Carlton Cricket Club between 1966 and 1971.[1]
Football
editWidely known as "Gags", he also went by the nickname "Golly" before he started to lose his mop of curly hair.
Carlton (under 19s)
editBest and fairest player for the Carlton Under 19 team in 1963,[2] he kicked one goal in the team's Grand Final win against the Essendon Under 19s, at Maddingley Park, in Bacchus Marsh, on 12 October 1963.[3]
Carlton (First XVIII)
editGallagher made his debut for the Carlton First XVIII on 23 May 1964 (round 6), against St Kilda at the Junction Oval. He was a tenacious, courageous left-footer, renowned for fearlessly burrowing into dense packs and coming out with the ball.
Footscray
editUnder the short-lived VFL's "10-year rule", which allowed players with ten years' service at one club to move to another club without a clearance,[4] Gallagher left Carlton and moved to Footscray at the beginning of the 1973 season.[5][6]
North Melbourne
editIn 1976 he moved to North Melbourne, but only played one game[7]
Notes
edit- ^ "Melbourne Premier Cricket: Player Stats". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ 1963 U19s: bluesum.com.
- ^ Blues Win in Fiery Match, The Age, (Monday, 14 October 1963), p. 21.
- ^ The 10-year rule was introduced by the VFL in August 1972, in order to render it immune from the sorts of "restraint of trade" difficulties that were being experienced, at the time, in New South Wales in relation to Rugby League footballers. Although twenty-two VFL players were eligible under the rule, only George Bisset, Barry Davis, Carl Ditterich, John Rantall, Gallagher, and Doug Wade, took advantage of it – transferring to Collingwood, North Melbourne, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Footscray, and North Melbourne (respectively). The rule was rescinded in May 1973.
- ^ Robb, Jim, "'Gags' hero after final goal", The Age, (Sunday, 20 May 1973), p. 18.
- ^ McFarline, Peter (28 March 1973). "Rover's $24000 contract". The Age.
- ^ Adrian Gallagher at AustralianFootball.com
References
editExternal links
edit- Adrian Gallagher at AustralianFootball.com
- Adrian Gallagher's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Adrian Gallagher at Blueseum
- Life Membership of Carlton Cricket Club awarded to Adrian Gallagher
- CricketArchive: Adrian Gallagher
- Adrian Gallagher: Boyles Football Photos.
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