sentences:  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 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 a popular player at Carlton and coach David Parkin described the decision to delist Gleeson at the end of the 1996 season as one of the toughest of his coaching career.