About Peter Canavan
Peter Canavan (born 9 April 1971) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, manager and pundit. He played inter-county football for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history, winning two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, six All Stars Awards (more than any other Ulster player, and joint third overall), four provincial titles, and two National Leagues and several under-age and club championship medals. He represented Ireland in the International Rules Series on several occasions from 1998 until 2000. He is considered one of the great players of the last twenty years by commentators such as John Haughey of the BBC, and in 2009, he was named in the Sunday Tribune's list of the 125 Most Influential People in GAA History. His scoring record of 218 points is the fourth highest of all time in the Ulster Senior Football Championship. His early high scoring rate, when he would often be Tyrone's best performer – particularly in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final when he scored eleven of Tyrone's twelve points—led to claims that Tyrone was a "one-man show," and that the team was too dependent on him, particularly in his early career. Since retiring as a player, he has managed the Fermanagh county team (2011–2013). For the 1996 championship, Canavan was handed the captaincy of Tyrone, and was Ulster's leading scorer for the third consecutive season, and subsequently awarded his third successive All Star. In 1988, Canavan won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (MFC), an under eighteens tournament, but lost in the All-Ireland MFC semi-final to Kerry. He was the top scorer in the province, and his performances earned him his first All Star, at the age of 23.
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