{{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 | feet =6 | inches = 1 | occupation = Farm sales representative | county = Cork | province = Munster | club = Ballygarvan | clposition = Half-back | clubs = | clyears = 1999-present | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 0 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = 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 inter-county Gaelic football team and is one of the Vodafone 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=https://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 title in 2010 when Cork beat Co Down in the All-Ireland final. As a hurler, Spillane played a leading role in 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 reaching the final of the 2010 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship.
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spillane, Ger}} 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