Gerrit Thomas "Gary" Tallon (born 5 September 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in midfield, principally for Mansfield Town.
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.
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.
Instead, in March 1997, he moved on loan to English Division Three side Chester City, where he played one game.
[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.