Brian Canavan

Brian Canavan (born 1956/1957) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played as a wing-back.

Career Canavan joined the inter-county competition in 1978, shortly after many of his teammates had contested the 1977 All-Ireland SFC Final. He played inter-county for 14 years, winning two Ulster Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles. Cananavan agreed only to take on the role if McAlinden would join him, and they became known as the "Two Brians". The story of the Two Brians was documented in Kings for a Day by Niall McCoy. Canavan helped manage the team to successive Ulster SFC titles in 1999 and 2000.

Canavan played in two All-Ireland SFC semi-finals and managed teams for three All-Ireland SFC semi-finals; however he neither played in nor managed a team in an All-Ireland SFC final. His uncle, Tom Canavan, was previously an SDLP Mayor of Armagh.