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Patrick Griffin, known as Pat, was an Irish Gaelic footballer born in 1944 who died on 29 October 2019. He played club football with Glenbeigh-Glencar and with Clonakilty in County Cork, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1963 until 1974. He made his Kerry debut as a substitute in the 1963 Munster final against Cork and went on to collect seven Munster Championship medals and four National Football League medals. He played in All-Ireland finals in 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1972, losing four of them and winning All-Ireland medals in 1969 against Offaly and in 1970 against Meath. Griffin captained Kerry in 1968, leading the side to the Munster title and to an All-Ireland final that Down won. His last appearance for Kerry came as a substitute in the Munster semi-final of 1974 against Waterford.

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    Griffin won a fifth Munster Championship medal on 20 July 1969
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