Pat Spillane
Pat Spillane (right)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Spealáin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Half-forward | ||
| Born | Patrick Gerard Spillane 1 December 1955 Templenoe, County Kerry, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Retired secondary school principal | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Templenoe | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 2 | ||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1974–1991 | Kerry | 56 (19–123) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 12 | ||
| All-Irelands | 8 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 9 | ||
Patrick Gerard Spillane (born 1 December 1955), better known as Pat Spillane, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer and current sports broadcaster. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned seventeen years from 1974 to 1991. Spillane is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Born in Templenoe, County Kerry, Spillane was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Tom, and his uncle, Jerome, both played with Kerry and won All-Ireland medals in the junior grade. His maternal uncles, Jackie, Dinny, Mickey, and Teddy Lyne, all won All-Ireland medals at various grades with Kerry throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Spillane played competitive Gaelic football as a boarder at St. Brendan's College. Here he won back-to-back Corn Uí Mhuirí medals, however, an All-Ireland medal remained elusive. Spillane first appeared for the Templenoe club at underage levels, before winning a county novice championship medal in 1973. With the amalgamated Kenmare District team he won two county senior championship medals in 1974 and 1987. While studying at Thomond College Spillane won an All-Ireland medal in the club championship in 1978. He also won one Munster medal and a county senior championship medal in Limerick.
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