[2][3] Gleeson subsequently transferred to the Toomevara club in County Tipperary.
By that stage, Gleeson had declared for the Clare senior hurling team.
He earned selection to the Munster team and won a Railway Cup medal in 1931.
[4] Gleeson won a Munster SHC medal in 1932 before later lining out in a defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.
[5] Gleeson died at the Central Hospital, Galway on 10 December 1948, at the age of 45.