Gary Tallon

Gerrit Thomas "Gary" Tallon (born 5 September 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in midfield, principally for Mansfield Town.

Gary Tallon
Personal information
Full name Gerrit Thomas Tallon[1]
Date of birth (1973-09-05) 5 September 1973
Place of birth Drogheda, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1996–1997 Kilmarnock 4 (0)
1997 → Chester City (loan) 1 (0)
1997–2000 Mansfield Town 76 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Drogheda, he was a trainee at Blackburn Rovers. However, he failed to play a first team game for Blackburn and was released on a free transfer in 1996, moving to Scottish Premier Division side Kilmarnock.[2] He made his debut for Kilmarnock on 10 August 1996 in a 2–1 victory against Hibernian. He played Kilmarnock's following two league games but had to wait until January for his fourth appearance in a 6–0 defeat to Celtic. It would be his last game for Kilmarnock. Instead, in March 1997, he moved on loan to English Division Three side Chester City, where he played one game.[3]

In December 1997, he returned to England with Mansfield Town.[2] He made his debut on 2 December in a 2–1 defeat to Torquay United and later the same season scored the first goal of his professional career as Mansfield defeated Peterborough United 2–0.[4] He eventually played 86 games with Mansfield, scoring two goals,[2] until he was forced to retire in July 2000 at the age of 26 because of injury.[5]

References
  1. "Gary Tallon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. "Gary Tallon". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  3. "Games played by Gary Tallon in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  4. "Games played by Gary Tallon in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  5. "Injury forces Tallon to retire". BBC Sport. 12 July 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
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