Gerard Cavlan

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**Gerard Cavlan**
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Date of Birth	April 02, 1976 (age 31)
Place of birth	Tyrone, Ireland
Height	6'01"
Club information
Club	Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
Position	Half Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Dungannon	?-present
Inter County
County	Tyrone
Position	Half Forward
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Tyrone	1993-present
Inter County Titles
Ulster Titles	3
All-Ireland	2
NFL	2
All-Stars	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

Gerard Cavlan is a Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He is one of the veterans of the team, surviving from the mid-nineties, along with Brian Dooher. He was part of the teams that won the All-Irelands in 2003 and 2005.

Cavlan represented Ireland in the 2000 International Rules Series against Australia^[1]

His playing style is one of creative playmaker and can switch between the half forward position to the midfield. His work rate is often very high, and he can also pick off seemingly difficult scores from open play.

He made his senior debut in 1993 against Wexford, at the age of 17.^[2]

In 2006, shortly after Tyrone were knocked out of the All-Ireland championship uncharacteristically early, Cavlan was one of several Tyrone players who took up the option to play for an American GAA club in a 'ringer'-type situation.^[3]

[edit] Outside football

Cavlan was embroiled in off-field controversy in April 2006, when the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) seized a dangerous dog from Cavlan's Dungannon home, suspected of being used for dogfighting. The dog was found in a healthy state, and Cavlan maintained that he didn't own the dog, or condone dog fighting.^[4]

	Tyrone Senior Football Team
1 Pascal McConnell \| 2 Ryan McMenamin \| 3 Peter Donnelly \| 4 Dermot Carlin \| 5 David Harte \| 6 Conor Gormley \| 7 Justin McMahon \| 8 Kevin Hughes \| 9 Enda McGinley \| 10 Brian Dooher(Cap.) \| 11 Martin Penrose \| 12 Ryan Mellon \| 13 Niall Gormley \| 14 Colm McCullagh \| 15 Stephen O'Neill \| Subs: Johnathan Curran, Colm Cavanagh, Colm Donnelly, Cairan Gourley, Colin Holmes, Kelvin Hughes, Aidan McCarron, Cathal McCarron, Damien McCaul, Tommy McGuigan, Joe McMahon, Raymond Mulgrew, Paul Quinn, Paul Rouse, Declan Treanor Unavailable Panellists: Gerard Cavlan, Brian McGuigan, Phillip Jordan, Cormac McGinley, Michael McGee, Sean Cavanagh, P McGurk, Mickey Murphy, Eoin Mulligan Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of 31 March 2007 versus Kerry)

	Tyrone Panel: 2003 All-Ireland Final
1 John Devine \| 2 Cairan Gourley \| 3 Cormac McAnallen \| 4 Ryan McMenamin \| 5 Conor Gormley \| 6 Gavin Devlin \| 7 Phillip Jordan \| 8 Kevin Hughes \| 9 Sean Cavanagh \| 10 Brian Dooher \| 11 Brian McGuigan \| 12 Gerard Cavlan \| 13 Enda McGinley \| 14 Peter Canavan (Cap.) \| 15 Eoin Mulligan \| Subs: 16 Pascal McConnell, 17 Dermot Carlin, 18 Mark Harte, 19 Colin Holmes, 20 Paul Horisk, 21 Chris Lawn, 22 Peter Loughran, 23 Declan McCrossan, 24 Michael McGee, 25 Cormac McGinley, 26 Frank McGuigan 27 Seamus Mulgrew 28 Stephen O'Neill 29 Brian Robinson 30 Michael Coleman Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of September 2003 versus Armagh)

	Tyrone Panel: 2005 All-Ireland Final
1 Pascal McConnell \| 2 Ryan McMenamin \| 3 Joe McMahon \| 4 Michael McGee \| 5 David Harte \| 6 Conor Gormley \| 7 Phillip Jordan \| 8 Enda McGinley \| 9 Sean Cavanagh \| 10 Brian Dooher (Cap.) \| 11 Brian McGuigan \| 12 Ryan Mellon \| 13 Peter Canavan \| 14 Stephen O'Neill \| 15 Eoin Mulligan \| Subs: John Devine, Eoghain Bradley, Brian Meenan, Gavin Devlin, Brendan Donnelly, Peter Donnelly, Cairan Gourley, Mark Harte, Colin Holmes, Chris Lawn, Colm McCullagh, Leo Meenan, Michael Murphy, Martin Penrose, Shane Sweeney Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of September 2005 versus Kerry)