Facts: - sport: gaelic football - county: tyrone - icposition: half forward - province: ulster - icupdate: 21:58 , 8 march 2007 -lrb- utc -rrb- - inches: 1 - feet: 6 - nfl: 2 - allstars: 0 - clubs: dungannon - code: football - club: dungannon thomas clarkes - name: gerard cavlan - clposition: half forward - icprovince: 5 - counties: tyrone - icyears: 1993-2007 - icallireland: 1 - clyears: ? - present Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerard cavlan .
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gerard cavlan is a former tyrone gaelic footballer .he was part of the team that won the all-ireland senior football championship in 2003 , but was ejected from the team in 2007 when it transpired he was embroiled in an illegal dog fighting ring .he made his senior debut in 1993 against wexford , at the age of 17 .cavlan represented ireland in the 2000 international rules series against australia .his breakthrough year was in 1996 during tyrone 's march to the all-ireland semi final , and he scored six points in that match .in 2006 , shortly after tyrone were knocked out of the all-ireland championship early , cavlan was one of several tyrone players who took up the option to play for an american gaa club .in the 2007 ulster championship first round , cavlan came on as a substitute , and scored an injury time free kick to win the game for tyrone , against their neighbours , fermanagh .