Gary Porter

Gary Porter may refer to:

Gary Porter (footballer)

Gary Michael Porter (born 6 March 1966 in Sunderland) is a former footballer who played either as a left-back or a midfielder. He spent 13 years at Watford, and also played in the Football League for Walsall and Scarborough. He was capped 12 times for England at under-21 level.

Porter spent the majority of his professional career at Watford, turning professional in 1984. He made 472 appearances for the club in all competitions - the third highest by any player for the club, behind Luther Blissett and Nigel Gibbs - scoring 51 goals, as well as being voted Player of the Season in 1993–94. He was released in 1996 following a lengthy injury.

Porter moved to Walsall and later had spells at Scarborough and Boston United. He now works as a football agent.

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Gary Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding

Gary Andrew Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding CBE is a British Conservative politician, local government leader, member of the House of Lords and also a South Holland (Lincolnshire) district councillor, who was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Local Government Association in June 2015.Nominated for a life peerage in August 2015, he was created Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire on 15 October 2015.

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Gary Porter (American football)

Gary Porter is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the Texas Terror of the Arena Football League. He first enrolled at Oklahoma State University before transferring to Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

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Gary Porter (driver)

Gary Porter is an American monster-truck driver that races on the United States Hot Rod Association circuit. He is a former member of the Grave Digger team but in 2015 he returned to his Carolina Crusher truck.

History

Porter's involvement in monster truck began in 1981 when he opened Porter's 4x4 Shop in Wadesboro, North Carolina, with his brother. In 1985, they built their first truck to promote the business and compete in local shows. Soon afterward, they modified the truck, and Porter began his monster-truck racing career. In 1987, he started competing in a monster truck called the Carolina Crusher with TNT Motosports. The Porters participated in exhibitions from 1985 to 1988. He placed fourth in 1988, second in 1989, and third in 1990.

Beginning in 1991, Porter raced in the USHRA/Camel Mud & Monster Series. The Carolina Crusher placed sixth and became the series champion of the Special Events season. In 1992, the Porters decided to build a second truck to be able to compete in three different monster truck series. A third Carolina Crusher appeared for the 1994 season, as did a new shop to host Carolina Crusher Racing. The trucks made 125 appearances in 1994. 1995 saw Carolina Crusher finish fourth in the Special Events Penda Points series and winning a race. Gary continued to race Carolina Crusher until after its sale to Paul Shafer in 1999.