Pat Cleary

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

{{for|the Australian footballer|Pat Cleary (footballer)}}

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{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Pat Cleary

| irish = Pádraig Ó Cléirigh

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| occupation = Garda

| county = Offaly

| province = Leinster

| club = Ballyskenagh
Kilmacud Crokes
Portlaoise

| clubs =

| clyears =

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty =

| clprovince=

| clallireland =

| counties = Offaly

| icposition = Right corner-forward

| icyears = 1982-1991

| icapps(points) = 17 (10-19)

| icprovince = 3

| icallireland = 1

| nhl = 0

| allstars = 1

| clupdate =

| icupdate = 15:42 4 December 2011

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|1|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place=Shinrone, County Offaly, Ireland

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Pat Cleary (born 15 January 1962) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Offaly senior team.{{cite news|url=http://www.uibhfhaili.com/offalygaa/results/playerAppearancesHurling.php?playerSelected=465|title=Hurler look-up: Pat Cleary|publisher=Uibh Fhailí website|accessdate=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120053/http://www.uibhfhaili.com/offalygaa/results/playerAppearancesHurling.php?playerSelected=465|archive-date=25 April 2012}}

Cleary made his first appearance for the team during the 1981-82 National Hurling League and became a regular player over the course of the following decade. During that time he won one All-Ireland winner's medal, three Leinster winner's medals and an All-Star award.{{cite news|url=http://www.leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|accessdate=4 December 2011}}

At club level Cleary began his career with Ballyskenagh, before later playing with Kilmacud Crokes and Portlaoise. He won numerous county championship winners' medals with the latter two teams.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}