Gary Sice

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Gary Sice
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Gary Sice in 2015
Personal information
Irish name Garrai Ó Saigheas
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right Half Forward
Born (1984-11-08) 8 November 1984 (age 38)
Galway, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2003–
 Corofin
Club titles
Galway titles 13
Connacht titles 5
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2007–2017; 2020
 Galway 94 (6-85)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2
NFL 1 (Division 2)
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15 November 2020.

Gary Sice (born 8 November 1984) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for his local club, Corofin, and, formerly, at senior level for the Galway county team [1] from 2007 until 2017.

Sice was a key member of the St Jarlath's College team that won the Hogan Cup in 2002 beating St Michael's College, Enniskillen on a scoreline of 3-13 to 0-6 along with Michael Meehan, Niall Coleman, Darren Mullahy, Alan Burke whom he also lined out with for Galway in later years and James Kavanagh, who also lined out for both Kildare and Galway.[ citation needed ]

The then Galway manager Kevin Walsh confirmed Sice's retirement from the inter-county scene on 8 January 2018, after a postponed FBD Insurance League game against Mayo due to have taken place at MacHale Park. [2]

After briefly returning in 2020, Sice had left the Galway panel by 2021. [3]

His wife, Bevin Sice ( née Grant, from Piltown in County Kilkenny) died in 2022, following an illness. [4]

Honours

St Jarlath's College
Corofin
Galway

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References

  1. ↑ "Galway GAA Official Website". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "11 years on from his Galway debut, All-Ireland U21 and senior club winner retires" . Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tribesmen in transition as Burke and Bradshaw withdraw". Irish Independent . 8 January 2021. The Galway squad is currently undergoing a number of personnel changes, with Adrian Varley among those who have also departed, while Gary Sice, who came out of retirement for last year's campaign after three years away, has stepped away again. Fiontán Ó Curraoin has also departed.
  4. ↑ "Sadness in Galway as Gary Sice's wife passes away". Hogan Stand. 7 September 2022.
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