Adrian Gallagher

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**Adrian Gallagher**
Personal information
Birth	May 12, 1946,
Recruited from
Height and weight	179cm, 72kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 6, 1964, Carlton vs. St. Kilda, at Junction Oval
Team(s)	Carlton (1964-72) 165 games, 235 goals Footscray (1973-75) 54 games, 38 goals North Melbourne (1976) 1 game, 0 goals Total - 220 Games, 273 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1976 season
Career highlights
1963 Under 19s Best & Fairest Award 1967 5th Best & Fairest 1968 5th Best & Fairest 1969 6th Best & Fairest 1970 Robert Reynolds Memorial Trophy -Best & Fairest Award 1971 Arthur Reyment Memorial Trophy -2nd Best & Fairest 1972 6th Best & Fairest

Adrian Gallagher, widely known as "Gags" (and was also known as "Golly" before he started to lose his mop of curly hair), is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He was also an oustanding cricketer and, perhaps, a better cricketer than he was a footballer. He received many offers to play County Cricket in England, but preferred to stay in Melbourne over the Australian winter and play football for Carlton. Apart from Collingwood's Bill Picken,^[1] Adrian is certainly the last player to play both first grade football and first grade cricket for the same club (Carlton).

Gallagher made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 6, 1964. He was a tenacious, and courageous left-footer; and he was renowned for fearlessly burrowing into dense packs and coming out with the ball. He left the Blues and moved to Footscray at the end of the 1972 season.

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^ Not only did Picken play both first-grade cricket and football for Collingwood, but he also has the dubious distinction of being the first first-grade cricketer ever to be suspended by the Victorian Cricket Association for striking an opponent during a cricket match.

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v • d • e 1968 Carlton Blues Premiership Players

Captain: Nicholls \| Bennett \| Chandler \| Collins \| Crane \| Crosswell \| Gallagher \| Gill \| Goold \| Hall \| Jesaulenko \| Jones \| Kekovich \| Lofts \| McLean \| Munari \| Quirk \| Robertson \| Silvagni \| Walls Coach: Barassi

v • d • e 1970 Carlton Blues Premiership Players

Captain: Nicholls \| Chandler \| Crane \| Crosswell \| Gallagher \| Gill \| Goold \| Hall \| Hopkins \| Jackson \| Jesaulenko \| Jones \| McKay \| Mulcair \| Pinnell \| Robertson \| Silvagni \| Thornley \| Waite \| Walls Coach: Barassi

v • d • e 1972 Carlton Blues Premiership Players

Captain: Nicholls \| Armstrong \| Chandler \| Crane \| Dickson \| Doull \| Gallagher \| Hall \| Hurst \| Jackson \| Jesaulenko \| Jones \| Keogh \| Lukas \| McKay \| O'Connell \| Robertson \| Southby \| Waite \| Walls Coach: Nicholls