Austin Gleeson

Austin Gleeson
Personal information
Irish name Áistín Ó Gliasáin
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-forward
Born (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 29)
Waterford, Ireland
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]

  1. ^ Redmond, Jason (25 December 2016). "Austin Gleeson Is Not The Only Sporting Superstar In His Family". Pundit Arena. Retrieved 10 October 2020.