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Peter Canavan (born April 9, 1971) is a former Gaelic football player for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history. He represented Ireland in the International Rules Series on several occasions from 1998 until 2000.[6] After sixteen years on the senior inter-county scene, and with two All-Ireland Senior Championship Medals, six All Stars (more than any other Ulster player, and joint third overall),[7] four Ulster titles, and several under-age and club championship medals to his name, he is considered one of the great players of the last twenty years by commentators such as John Haughey of the BBC.[8][9] His scoring record of 218 points is the second highest of all time in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.[4] His early high scoring rate, when he would often be Tyrone's best performer[10]—particularly in the 1995 All-Ireland final when he scored eleven of Tyrone's twelve points—led to claims that Tyrone was a "one-man show";[11][12] however, the continued emergence of skilled players such as Brian Dooher and Stephen O'Neill dissipated that criticism. Canavan's career features many examples of indiscipline,[13] including on-pitch scuffles with other players.
[edit] Personal lifeCanavan was the tenth of eleven children.[2] His older brother, Pascal, played with him on the Tyrone panel for most of the 1990s. He is married to Finola, and has four children, Áine, Claire, Darragh and Ruairi,[14] and has been a Physical Education teacher in Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, throughout most of his career.[15] While there, he taught Eoin Mulligan his point-taking technique, and the pair have been known in the media as 'master and student' ever since, particularly by television commentators.[16] He also writes a column for the Gaelic games magazine, Hogan Stand[17] and the Northern Ireland edition of The Daily Mirror.[18] In 2008, Canavan joined TV3 as a football pundit for their first year of broadcasting live GAA matches.[19] In 2003, just over a week before Tyrone's Ulster final appearance against Down, Canavan's father, Seán, died. It came as a shock to Canavan, who had thought his father (who was already in hospital) was getting better. He decided to play in the match, stating that he knew, subconsciously "[he] was going to be playing in the Ulster final all along and Daddy certainly wouldn't have wanted [him] to do anything but play."[20] Canavan has suffered from asthma since he was a child, and has battled throughout his career to control the ailment. He told the Asthma Society of Ireland, "I thought to myself, this is something that I am just going to have to put up with." In later years, however, improved medication has afforded Canavan what he described as, "a better quality of life".[21] [edit] Under-age careerIn order to play for an inter-county GAA team, Canavan had to work around a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) bylaw, due to a dispute in his parish, Errigal Ciarán. Two clubs claimed to represent the parish, the established Ballygawley St. Ciaran's club and the newly-formed club, then called Errigal Ciaran Naomh Malachai. Players from the Errigal team were not recognised as being GAA members, because the club failed to register correctly. Canavan registered as a member of the Killyclogher hurling club, even though he didn't play the sport, just so he would be eligible for selection for the Tyrone minors. Prior to that, he had not played legitimate club football, but had forged his way onto the Tyrone under-age teams with his performances at school level. The two clubs united under the banner of Errigal Ciaran two years later.[22] In 1988, Canavan won the Ulster minor Championship, but lost in the All-Ireland semi-final to Kerry. Canavan captained Tyrone to two All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships (U-21) titles in 1991 and 1992, having been on the team which lost the 1990 final, again to Kerry.[3] In four years as an U-21 player, Canavan scored 13-53 (13 goals and 53 points—each goal equals 3 points; 13 x 3 + 53 = 92 points, see GAA scoring rules) for Tyrone .[5] By the time he was twenty, he was already an automatic choice in the senior panel. [edit] Early senior careerCanavan's name was already known around Tyrone because of his exploits for the U-21 team,[8] but he started to make an impact in the Ulster Senior Football Championship in 1994. He was the top scorer in Ulster,[4] earning him his first All Star, at the age of 23.[23] Throughout the 1995 championship, Canavan had spearheaded Tyrone's march to the final, with round after round of massive scoring exploits. Against Derry in the Ulster Semi-Final, he scored 0–8, and against Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final, he scored 1–7.[24] He scored eleven of Tyrone's twelve points in the All-Ireland Final, despite ending up on the losing side to Dublin. The game was remembered as contentious for Tyrone fans, for the fact that a point that would have equalised the match in the dying seconds was controversially disallowed, because the blind-sided referee deemed Canavan to have touched the ball on the ground.[11] He was the top scorer in Ireland that year, with a total of 1–38,[5] earning him the inaugural Footballer of the Year title.[23] The fact that Canavan's scoring tally was so far ahead of his peers on the team led to suggestions that Tyrone were depending too heavily on him.[11] In 1996, Canavan was handed the captaincy of Tyrone, and was Ulster's leading scorer for the third year in a row,[4] and subsequently earned his third successive All Star award.[23] Tyrone reached the All-Ireland semi-final against Meath, but Canavan was one of six Tyrone players to sustain injuries that day, which some Tyrone fans attribute to Meath's heavy-handedness. Canavan's injury was so severe that he was still feeling the effects for over a year.[8] Speculation abounds as to whether he had been playing on a broken foot.[25] [edit] 1997–2000: International stageCanavan represented Ireland in the inaugural International Rules Series in 1998 against Australia. In 1999, he was named vice-captain of the team for the tour to Australia, and Ireland came away convincing winners, with Canavan scoring eleven points in the first test in Adelaide, South Australia.[6] In 2000, Canavan was sent off in the second test, after fighting Australian Jason Akermanis. He was banned for one match, which wouldn't be played until the next year, so he ruled himself out of the next series.[26] In five tests Canavan scored 37 points, becoming one of the few Irish players to leave their mark on the Australian supporters.[27][28] [edit] Late senior careerCanavan's influence may be best illustrated by Tyrone's 2002 campaign. Whenever he was on the pitch, the team seemed like All-Ireland title contenders, but he was unable to play in the All-Ireland quarter final, against Sligo. Tyrone were heavy favourites,[25] but ended up losing the match. Canavan won his fourth All Star that year, the only Tyrone player to do so, which may go some way to emphasizing the value of his presence on the team.[23] This also made him Tyrone's most represented player on the All Star Roll of Honour, overtaking Eugene McKenna, his manager at the time.[29] [edit] 2003: Championship gloryIn 2003, Peter 'The Great' finally shook off his tag as 'the greatest player never to win an All-Ireland',[15] captaining Tyrone to All-Ireland glory against neighbouring rivals, Armagh. As he approached the podium on the Hogan Stand, his nervousness was visible, and after being handed the trophy, he made an emotional speech about how he had to watch other Ulster teams lift the Sam Maguire Cup, but "to eventually win it is something else."[30] Canavan amassed a total of 1–48 (51 points) over the course of the Championship.[31] Among his more notable performances of the year included an eight-point haul in the replayed first round match against Derry,[32] and in the replayed Ulster Final, Canavan scored eleven points.[33] This scoring tally earned him a fifth All Star.[23] In the Ulster final against Down, Canavan was playing just over a week after the passing of his father. He remarked in his autobiography that he feared Tyrone were going to lose by one of the biggest margins in Ulster Championship history, if they didn't stem the flow of the Down attack.[34][35] When Tyrone were awarded a penalty, Canavan stepped up, due to Stephen O'Neill (the first choice penalty-taker) being on the bench. He took the kick, and managed to find the net. He later described the kick as "the most important of my career," citing the fact that if Tyrone had been heavily beaten, they probably wouldn't have been able to pick themselves up to play in the 'back door' qualifier series.[36] His appearance in the final was remarkable for the fact that he was the top scorer of the day with five points,[31] despite having suffered an ankle injury in the previous match, and was not expected (or advised) to play.[8] He started the match and was taken off before half time. During the break, and even some way into the second half, he was receiving treatment to his ankle, including pain-killing injections. [edit] Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the YearCanavan was voted Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year,[38] which is a regional award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Following an email campaign throughout Ireland, Canavan was a surprising early forerunner for the national award, despite the fact that Gaelic games have very little exposure in Great Britain.[39] [edit] 2005: Championship swan songCanavan relinquished his captaincy to the late Cormac McAnallen after the 2003 Championship, and had been used mostly as an 'impact substitute' throughout the year in 2005—brought on to either unsettle the opposition, or rally his teammates.[8] His fiery temperament was displayed early in the year, when he was notoriously sent off within a minute of coming on as a substitute in the Ulster Final replay replay against Armagh.[40] This decision was highly criticised and the referee later admitted he had made a mistake with the sending off.[41] He also displayed how important his experience was to the team in the semi-final against Armagh (who were meeting Tyrone for the third time that year), when, after a very taut match, the two well-matched teams were heading for a draw. Tyrone won a free kick in the last seconds, and Canavan, a substitution, took the responsibility of the pressure kick and slotted the ball over the bar in the last kick of the game, winning the match for Tyrone.[42] Kevin McStay, a former Mayo player, described it as the point of the season, despite the kick being from a relatively straightforward position.[43] 
Despite being used as an 'impact substitute' for most of the season, Mickey Harte chose Canavan on the starting line-up of the All Ireland final. This proved to be a great tactical decision for Tyrone as he was instrumental in the defeat of Kerry, scoring Tyrone's only goal, winning on a scoreline of 1–16 to 2–10.[44] He received a pass from Eoin Mulligan on the edge of the area, and drilled a low shot past two Kerry defenders and the goalkeeper. [edit] Other awardsCanavan was part of both Tyrone sides that won the National Football League title two years in a row—in 2002 and 2003[8]—and he competed in the 1992 final against Derry. His success in other competitions include five Railway Cups, two Vocational Schools titles, and one Dr. McKenna Cup.[5] In 2003, Canavan became the first GAA star to gain an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster, which he was awarded along with David Humphreys, the Ulster and Ireland rugby player.[15] [edit] All StarsCanavan won three consecutive GAA All Star awards from 1994 through 1996 and the Player of the Year award in 1995. He also received three GAA All-star awards in the 2000s. One in 2002 and another in 2003, the year of his first All-Ireland win. He then went on to win his final Gaelic Athletic Association All Star in 2005, before his inter-county retirement. [edit] Club careerHe has continued to play at club level for Errigal Ciarán, and is enjoying success at this level. Ironically, in 2006, Canavan won his first Tyrone All Star for his performances in the club championship.[45] The club has a rich history during the years Canavan has played, winning six Tyrone Senior Club titles and two Ulster Club Championships.[46]. Canavan's club career spanned 17 years at senior level , with his final year playing the thirds team. [edit] Inter-county retirementCanavan retired from Inter-county football in 2005, ending a sixteen-year tenure in Senior championship football.[47] He said of his decision, "I have spent enough time on the treatment table", referring to his die-hard habit of playing through potentially career-threatening injuries, as he had done in 1996 and 2003. Canavan's appearance in the 2005 final (his last game for Tyrone), was his forty-ninth Championship match. In January 2007, Canavan rounded off his career by captaining the 2005 All Stars team in an exhibition game in Dubai against the 2006 All Stars team and won the match 4–13 to 3–10.[48] [edit] Disciplinary problemsDiscipline has been an underlying problem in Canavan's career, which at times threatened to overshadow his achievements. Jack O'Connor, Kerry's manager in the 2005 All-Ireland final, suggested Canavan tackled Colm Cooper off the ball, preventing him getting into a goal-scoring position.[49] This action was also criticised by The Sunday Tribune journalist, Kieran Shannon.[50] A particularly notorious incident took place after a club match in 1989, in which Canavan had suffered a broken jaw. In what appeared to be a dressing room brawl after the match had finished, the alleged perpetrator received bad facial injuries. It is unclear as to what involvement, if any, Canavan had in the brawl, but his name is often connected with the incident.[39] However, this indiscipline could not be said to have always been at his instigation, as he was usually singled out for the attention of the tougher tacklers of opposition teams because of his skill.[51][52] [edit] References
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