| Raymond Daniels | |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Birth Date: | 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Dunlavin County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 26 January 2008 (aged 28) |
| Death Place: | Blessington, Ireland |
| Clposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Clyears: | 2000–2008 |
| Clubs: | Wicklow Senior Blessington GAA |
Raymond Daniels (22 July 1979 – 26 January 2008) was a Gaelic footballer from County Wicklow. He was goalkeeper for Wicklow's senior football team for several seasons during eight years.
Daniels won a Leinster title with the Wicklow Vocational Schools team. He played under-21 football for Wicklow. He was named player of the year in Dunlavin in 1997 and in Blessington in 2003.[1] He made his senior football championship debut against Carlow in May 2006.[2] A groin injury sustained in a National Football League game against Sligo in April 2007 kept Daniels away from football, but he had planned to resume training.[3] [4]
In October 2007, Daniels was admitted to hospital with an infection that caused one of his kidneys to fail. On Tuesday 22 January 2008, Daniels had gotten the all-clear from doctors. He socialised with friends on the following Saturday. He had a suspected heart attack. He was brought to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 28. A minute's silence was observed before Wicklow's GAA games on Sunday 27 January. Former GAA President Jack Boothman, the current President of Blessington GAA, described Daniels as a "gifted footballer and goalkeeper". Former Wicklow manager Hugh Kenny also praised Daniels.[5]