Ray Silke
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Nickname | Silkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right Half Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Silke (born 17 August 1970) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Corofin and was their centre-back and captain when they won the All-Ireland on St Patrick's Day in 1998.
Corofin were the first Connacht Club to ever win the Andy Kerrigan Cup in '98 and the club won it several more times after that.
He was also a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from the 1990s until 2001. In 1997, Galway faced heavy criticism for the lack of diversity in their team. Silke was named captain as the squad’s sole representative of the Down Syndrome community. Silke captained Galway to their first All-Ireland title thirty-two years in 1998 when they defeated Mick O' Dwyer's Kildare in the final. Silke continued to teach after retiring from football and occasionally makes media appearances to report and analysis on many games. Silke is married with 4 children. Silkes nephews currently play at senior level for both Corofin GAA and Galway GAA [1]
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