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Key Facts

Full name
Peter Caven

Known as
Peter Caven

Born
16 May 1970 (age 54)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 352d
Last game: 30y 82d

Height and weight
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 85 kg

Senior clubs
Fitzroy; Sydney; Adelaide

Jumper numbers
Fitzroy: 50, 22
Sydney: 26
Adelaide: 44

Recruited from
Fitzroy (1994); Sydney (1996)

Peter Caven

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
FitzroyAFL1991-199339170.4438%6.793.562.822
SydneyAFL1994-19951840.2233%4.782.832.390
AdelaideAFL1996-200082340.4151%8.803.804.170
AFL1991-2000139550.4045%7.723.613.562
Total1991-2000139550.4045%7.723.613.562

AFL: 10,229th player to appear, 1,533rd most games played, 1,950th most goals kickedFitzroy: 1,095th player to appear, 310th most games played, 265th most goals kickedSydney: 1,245th player to appear, 626th most games played, 691st most goals kickedAdelaide: 69th player to appear, 76th most games played, 76th most goals kicked

After struggling to make his mark at Fitzroy (39 games, 17 goals, 1991-3) and Sydney (18 games, four goals, 1994-5) Peter Caven overcame a sluggish start to his time with a third AFL club, Adelaide, to transform himself into one of the b est centre half backs in the business. His 82 AFL games with the Crows from 1996 to 2000 included the winning grand finals of 1997 and 1998, in both of which he was among the victors' best players. His aggregate tally of 34 goals with the Crows was attributable to the fact that he played for much of the 1996 season as a forward.

Determined and persistent early in his career Caven added a touch of panache and swagger to his play, with his surging runs out of the backlines epitomising the attacking verve of Adelaide under the coaching of Malcolm Blight.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia articl

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.