Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Áistín Ó Gliasáin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Centre-forward | ||
Born |
Waterford, Ireland | 27 June 1995||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Nickname | Aussie | ||
Occupation | Engineer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2012–present | Mount Sion | ||
Club titles | |||
Waterford titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2013-2019 | Waterford Institute of Technology | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2014–present | Waterford | 39 (4-101) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 1 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:30, 23 April 2023. |
Austin Gleeson (born 27 June 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays for Waterford Senior Championship club Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a centre-forward but can also be deployed as a centre-back. He is one of the two hurlers to ever win young hurler of the year and hurler of the year in the same year, with him winning the honours at the age of 21 in 2016 and Tony Kelly being the first to accomplish the achievement at the age of 19 in 2013. He is the younger brother of Jessica Gleeson, the Republic of Ireland women's national team soccer player.[1]