Peter Provan

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Peter Provan
Personal information
Full namePeter Sommerville Provan
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Playing information
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Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1956–60 St. George 18 2 0 0 6
1961–69 Balmain 155 12 0 0 36
Total 173 14 0 0 42
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1963 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
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RelativesNorm Provan (brother)
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Peter Provan (13 August 1936 – 13 May 2010) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for St. George Dragons, Balmain Tigers and Australia.

Career

He primarily played at Template:Rlp. Provan and his older brother, Norm Provan, are the only pair of brothers to lead grand-final winning teams on victory laps of the Sydney Cricket Ground;[1] Peter Provan with Balmain and Norm Provan with St. George.

Provan began his first-grade career at St. George in 1956 and was a member of two grand-final winning sides in 1958 and 1959.

Provan signed with Balmain in 1960 where he appeared in three grand finals during his nine-seasons with the club. He captained the team to one grand-final win, in 1969, against South Sydney and retired at the end of the season.

Selected for one Test, Provan played against New Zealand in Sydney in 1963.[2] He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.380.[3]

As part of the Australian Centenary of Rugby League celebrations in April 2008, Peter Provan and John Sattler, captains of the 1969 grand final teams, carried the ball onto the Sydney Cricket Ground before the Wests Tigers and South Sydney match as the last leg of a ball-relay from Birchgrove Oval to the SCG.[4]

Death

After a long illness, Provan died in Sydney on 13 May 2010.[5]

At the time of his death Balmain Tigers Chairman David Trodden released the following statement: "The Tigers have lost one of the most famous and most respected figures in the history of our club. He led us to perhaps our greatest Grand Final win ever. For that reason alone, he will always have a very special place in our memory".

References

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brad Forrest (12 February 2008). "Immortal designate: Raper pushes for Provan ahead of Andrew Johns". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 20 April 2008. [dead link]
  2. ^ Canberra Times "Ready To Battle the Kiwis." Article and Photo 08/06/1963 (p. 40)
  3. ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, p. 54
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ray Chesterton (19 April 2008). "Satts in jaw-dropping switch". The Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  5. ^ Sydney Morning Herald - Death notice: 15 May 2010

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