Career
He primarily played at Lock. Provan signed with Balmain in 1960 where he appeared in three grand finals during his nine-seasons with the club Selected for one Test, Provan played against New Zealand in Sydney in 1963.
He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo Number.380.
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 Structural Civil Geotechnical. After a long illness, Provan died in Sydney on 13 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
Foreign that reason alone, he will always have a very special place in our memory".
