Peter Stevenson
{{Short description|Derry Gaelic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| image =
| name = Peter Stevenson
| irish =
| nickname = The Damper
| feet = 5
| inches = 10
| occupation = Teacher
| sport = Gaelic football/Hurler
| code = Football
| county = Derry
| province = Ulster
| clposition = Half back / Corner back
| club = Ballerin
| clyears = ?–?
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 10 derry
| clprovince = 1 Ulster
| clubs = Ballerin/Drum
| counties = Derry
| icposition = Half back / Corner back / Corner forward
| icyears =
| icapps(points) =
| icprovince = 3
| icallireland =
| nfl =
| allstars = 1
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| birth_place=County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Peter Stevenson is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team in the 1960s and 1970s. Described as a "tower of strength",{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/sport/article3418766.ece |title=Then and now: Hat's Derry Frustrating |work=Sunday Life |access-date=2008-03-19 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} he won the Ulster Senior Football Championships on three occasions. He was awarded an All Star in 1975. Stevenson played club football with a number of clubs throughout his career including St Colm's GAC Drum and Ballerin Sarsfields.
Playing career
=Inter-county career=
Stevenson won Ulster Senior Championships with Derry including back-to-back successes in 1975 and 1976 when he was captain. He won an All Star for his performances in the 1975 Championship. He was also captain of the 1977 side that lost to Armagh. Stevenson won two all ireland junior hurling championships in 1975 and 1982. the Ulster decider, lining out at left corner forward.{{ Cite journal | publisher = Ulster GAA Council | date = 16 July 2000 | journal = 2000 Ulster Senior & Minor Football Championship Final Programme | title= Armagh/Derry Ulster Final Clashes - 1987 final: Derry 0-11, Armagh 0-09 }}
=Club career=
Stevenson played his club football with Ballerin. He won a county championship in 1976 and an Ulster club medal the same year with Ballerin but they lost the all ireland club final to Austin Stacks Tralee.{{fact|date=March 2020}}
Stevenson also played for Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club|Dungiven. He won nine county hurling championships with Dungiven and played hurling for Ulster in 1976, on the same day that he played football for Ulster at Croke Park, marking Eddie Keher in hurling and Mickey O'Sullivan in the football.{{fact|date=March 2020}}
He was part of St Columb's College 1965 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup winning side.{{cite news |title=The Late Colum P. Mullan |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Derry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=40532 |work=Mid-Ulster Observer (reproduced on Hogan Stand website |date=2004-04-30 |access-date=2008-06-08 }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{1975 All Stars}}
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