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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| code= Football
| sport = Gaelic football
| image = 
| name = Ger Spillane
| irish = Gearóid Ó Spealáin
| fullname = Ger Spillane
| feet =6
| inches = 1
| occupation = Farm sales representative
| county = Cork
| province = Munster
| club = [[Ballygarvan GAA|Ballygarvan]]
| clposition = Half-back
| clubs = 
| clyears = 1999-present
| clapps(points) = 
| clcounty = 0
| clprovince= 
| clallireland = 
| counties = [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| icposition = Half-back
| icyears = 2006- 2012
| icapps(points) = 
| icprovince = 3
| icallireland = 1
| nfl = 2 (Div 1)  1(Div 2)
| allstars = 1
| clupdate = 
| icupdate =
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1981|3|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[Ballygarvan]], [[County Cork]]
}}
'''Ger Spillane''' (born 3 March 1981 in [[Ballygarvan]], [[County Cork]]) is a member of the [[Cork GAA|Cork]] inter-county [[Gaelic football]] team and is one of the [[Vodafone]] [[GAA All Stars Awards|GAA All Stars]] for the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1122/allstars.html|title=Champions Kerry top All Star list|date=22 November 2006|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|access-date=16 November 2010}}</ref> In 2007, he was part of the Cork side that reached the final of the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] to be beaten by Kerry  in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=83444|title=2007 All-Ireland SFC final: Kerry trounce sad Cork|date=16 September 2007|work=[[Hogan Stand]]|access-date=16 November 2010}}</ref> In 2008, he was again part of the Cork team that lost to Kerry after a replay in a semi final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0831/cork_kerry.html|title=Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13|date=31 August 2008|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|access-date=16 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620010324/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0831/cork_kerry.html|archive-date=20 June 2009}}</ref> Cork also lost to Kerry in the 2009 All-Ireland final but Ger finally won an [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland Senior Football title]] in 2010 when Cork beat [[Down GAA|Co Down]] in the All-Ireland final. As a hurler, Spillane played a leading role in [[Ballygarvan GAA|Ballygarvan]] winning the [[Cork Junior Hurling Championship]] title in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2005/0730/JFC.html |title=Cork claim Junior crown |date=30 July 2005 |publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]] |access-date=16 November 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also played a leading role in [[Ballygarvan GAA|Ballygarvan]] reaching the final of the 2010  [[Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Cork Junior Football Team 2001}}
{{Cork Junior Football Team 2005}}
{{Cork Football Team 2007}}
{{Cork Football Team 2009}}
{{Cork NFL Team 2010}}
{{Cork Football Team 2010}}
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{{2006 All Stars}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ballygarvan Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Carrigdhoun Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers]]