Peter Stevenson

Peter Stevenson
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football/Hurler
Position	Half back / Corner back / Corner forward
Born	County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nickname	The Damper
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
?-?	Ballerin/Drum
Club titles
Derry titles	10 derry
Ulster titles	1 Ulster
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	3
All Stars	1

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",[1] 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.[2]

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.

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.

He was part of St Columb's College 1965 MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup winning side.[3]

References

"Then and now: Hat's Derry Frustrating". Sunday Life. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
"Armagh/Derry Ulster Final Clashes - 1987 final: Derry 0-11, Armagh 0-09". 2000 Ulster Senior & Minor Football Championship Final programme. Ulster GAA Council. 16 July 2000.
"The Late Colum P. Mullan". Mid-Ulster Observer (reproduced on Hogan Stand website. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2008.

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[1] "Then and now: Hat's Derry Frustrating". Sunday Life. Retrieved 19 March 2008.

[2] "Armagh/Derry Ulster Final Clashes - 1987 final: Derry 0-11, Armagh 0-09". 2000 Ulster Senior & Minor Football Championship Final programme. Ulster GAA Council. 16 July 2000.

[3] "The Late Colum P. Mullan". Mid-Ulster Observer (reproduced on Hogan Stand website. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2008.