In the Ovens and Murray League he won Wodonga's Best and Fairest award in 1986,[1] his only year as a player at that club.
In April 2023 Gieschen made the Weekly Times regional newspaper's "Living Legends - Best of the Bush" top 20.
[1] Gieschen played a total of 24 games and kicked one goal for Footscray from 1974 until 1978 in the VFL League.
Richmond reserves won the premiership in the first year, Gieschen coached them and he reluctantly stood in as caretaker senior coach for the Richmond Football Club senior side after Walls was sacked with five games to play in the 1997 season.
Under Gieschen, the Tigers won four of those remaining five games to finish thirteenth on the ladder with ten wins and twelve losses.
[5] In the 1998 season, Richmond under Gieschen, just missed out of the finals, where they finished ninth on the ladder with twelve wins and ten losses.
However in the 1999 season, Richmond's on-field performance under Gieschen dropped when they finished twelve on the ladder with nine wins and thirteen losses.