Peter Provan
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
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|name = Peter Provan
|fullname = Peter Sommerville Provan
|caption = Peter Provan. 1959
|position = {{Rlp|LK}}
|birth_date = 13 August 1936
|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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|death_place = Cronulla, New South Wales
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|points1 = 6
|club2 = Balmain
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|year2end = 69
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|tries2 = 12
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|points2 = 36
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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 {{rlp|lk}}. 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;{{cite news|author=Brad Forrest|publisher=St George and Sutherland Shire Leader|title=Immortal designate: Raper pushes for Provan ahead of Andrew Johns|url=http://stgeorge.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=1180027|accessdate=2008-04-20|date=12 February 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 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.Canberra Times "Ready To Battle the Kiwis." Article and Photo 08/06/1963 (p. 40) He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.380.ARL Annual Report 2005, p. 54
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.{{cite news|author=Ray Chesterton|newspaper=The Herald Sun|title=Satts in jaw-dropping switch|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,23561967-5016550,00.html|accessdate=2008-04-20|date=19 April 2008}}
Death
After a long illness, Provan died in Sydney on 13 May 2010.Sydney Morning Herald - Death notice: 15 May 2010
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
- {{cite book| author=Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|pages=444}}
Footnotes
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External links
- [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tigers-honour-balmain-great-provan-20100514-v2uf.html Tigers honour Balmain great Provan (14 May 2010: AAP)]
{{Balmain Tigers Team of the Century}}
{{Balmain Tigers squad 1969 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1958 NSWRFL premiership}}
{{St. George Dragons squad 1959 NSWRFL premiership}}
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Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Balmain Tigers captains
Category:Balmain Tigers players
Category:Clive Churchill Medal winners
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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