- Ger Spillane
Infobox GAA player
code= Football
sport = Gaelic football
name = Ger Spillane
irish = Gearóid Ó Spealáin
fullname = Ger Spillane
placeofbirth = Cork
countryofbirth = Ireland
bday=3
bmonth=3
byear= 1981
height =
nickname =
county = Cork
province = Munster
club = Ballygarvan
clposition = Half-back
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clcounty =
clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Cork
icposition = Half-back
icyears = 2006-Present
icapps(points) =
icprovince = 2
icallireland = 0
allstars = 1
clupdate =
icupdate =Ger Spillane (born
3 March 1981 )Ballygarvan is a member of the Cork inter-countyGaelic football team and is one of theVodafone GAA All Stars for the2006 season. After several successful seasons with the Cork junior Gaelic football side, he made his senior debut against Offally in a league game in2006 . After some good performances, he quickly became an important part of the first team, playing at centre half back with the number 6 jersey. In the championship, he put in some great performances, including two Man of the Match awards against Kerry in theMunster Senior Football Championship final and Donegal in theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter final. Cork were beaten in the semi-final by a rejuvenated Kerry team. In2007 he was part of the Cork side that reached the final of theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship to be beaten by Kerry again in the final. In 2008 he was again part of the Cork team that lost to Kerry after a replay in a semi finalGer also plays for local club side Ballygarvan and divisional team Carrigdhoun.
Ger played a leading role in Ballygarvan, winning the
Cork Junior Hurling Championship title in2004 . In his work life, Ger works as a farm machinery salesman and also works on his family farm.
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