Gary grew up in Johannesburg and won a scholarship at Wits University where he studied Civil Engineering and played soccer for Wits in the first division. At age 18 he was chosen to represent South Africa and, shortly after that, Gary was signed by a small club in England called Manchester United, where he stayed for 10 cold years playing nearly 400 games for the club.

During this time, Gary was selected to play for England and at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, he injured his knee and was forced to retire from the professional game.

Gary returned to South Africa and played part-time for local glamour side Kaizer Chiefs for 2 years before retiring for good.

Since then Gary has focused on his TV career and with Supersport's broadcast throughout Africa, he is a household name on our continent. During that time, Gary added to his physics degree by completing an MBA from Henley in Oxford. He has also been one of South Africa's top speakers for the past 12 years and was one of the senior consultants who put together Sasol's Amagluglug sponsorship of the U23 team, recording the best ever return on investment for a sports sponsorship in South Africa.

Gary was asked by Danny Jordaan to be one of South Africa's official ambassadors for the World Cup bid and Gary spent much time with Danny touring the Far East and was at the announcement in Zurich.

Gary has since linked with one of the leading future strategists, to offer companies an in-depth look at what possibilities the 2010 World Cup is going to bring to South Africa.

With his contacts in local soccer, his knowledge of the World Cup event and his business background.  Gary is the ideal person to talk about how you can leverage to 2010 World Cup for the benefit of yourself, your company and South Africa.

Gary is also a very much sought after MC for corporate functions and golf days.