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=== Sports === O'Toole played [[rugby league]] as a child in Leeds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/12/17/otoole-joins-the-rugby-league-actors-xiii|work=The Roar|access-date=19 December 2013|title=O'Toole joins the rugby league actors XIII}}</ref> and was also a [[rugby union]] fan, attending [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations]] matches with friends and fellow rugby fans [[Richard Harris]], [[Kenneth Griffith]], [[Peter Finch]] and [[Richard Burton]]. He was also a lifelong player, coach and enthusiast of cricket<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/otoole-bowled-them-over-in-galway-29859197.html|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=23 December 2013|title=O'Toole bowled them over in Galway}}</ref> and a fan of [[Sunderland A.F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://salutsunderland.com/2011/12/peter-otoole-a-hell-raising-dad-and-a-lost-sunderland-passion-2|work=Salut Sunderland|access-date=19 December 2013|title=Peter O'Toole, a hell-raising dad and a lost Sunderland passion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215192216/http://salutsunderland.com/2011/12/peter-otoole-a-hell-raising-dad-and-a-lost-sunderland-passion-2/|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> His support of Sunderland was passed on to him through his father, who was a labourer in [[Sunderland]] for many years.<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=https://salutsunderland.com/2010/09/peter-otoole-and-a-lost-sunderland-passion/ |title=Peter O'Toole and a lost Sunderland passion|access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326060216/http://salutsunderland.com/2010/09/peter-otoole-and-a-lost-sunderland-passion/ |archive-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was named their most famous fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wearsideonline.com/peter-otoole-dies/|title=Peter O'Toole Dies β Sunderland Most Famous Supporter Is Dead|first=Paper|last=Terry |date=23 December 2013|access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref> The actor in a later interview expressed that he no longer considered himself as much of a fan following the demolition of [[Roker Park]] and the subsequent move to the [[Stadium of Light]]. He described Roker Park as his last connection to the club and that everything "they meant to him was when they were at Roker Park".<ref name="Archived copy" />
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