   patrick gerard spillane (born 1 december 1955), better known as pat spillane, is an irish sports pundit and former gaelic footballer, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. he played gaelic football with his local club templenoe and was a member of the kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1991. he received nine all stars during a glittering career, a feat matched by no other gaelic footballer. since retiring he has developed a media career in analysing the game, and is known for his controversial views, particularly his distaste for the footballing philosophies of donegal and tyrone. he has also featured on a commemorative stamp. ==biography== born in templenoe, county kerry, spillane arrived into a family steeped in gaelic football history. his father, tom (1923â1964), played gaelic football with kerry and won a munster title in 1948. a number of maternal uncles (his mother was bred by the lyne family of killarney's legion) also had the distinction of representing their county in football. when spillane was an eight-year-old, his father died, leaving his mother to take over the running of the family pub while simultaneously raising a family of four children. spillane was educated at the local national school and later attended st. brendan's college in killarney, where one of his best friends was future kerry teammate pÃ¡idÃ­ Ã sÃ©. at st. brendan's his football skills were developed. he played senior football with 'brendan's' but lost both an all-ireland colleges' semi-final and a final. spillane subs
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