Gator

Gator is an abbreviation for alligator.

Gator may also refer to:

People nicknamed Gator

• Mike Greenwell (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Gator"
• Ron Guidry (born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gator Hoskins (born 1991), American former football player
• Willis Jackson (saxophonist) (1932-1987), American jazz saxophonist
• Mark Rogowski (born 1966), professional skateboarder convicted for a 1991 murder

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Gator, a recurring character in Thomas & Friends
• Gabby Gator, an animated cartoon character, foe of Woody Woodpecker
• Wally Gator, the titular character of "Wally Gator", one of the segments from The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Gator (film), a 1976 action movie starring and directed by Burt Reynolds
• Gator (game), a swimming pool game
• "Gator", an instrumental track on the 1989 single "Homely Girl" by UB40
• KNGT, a radio station branded "Gator 99.5", licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana

Military

• AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), a radar system in development by the United States Marine Corps
• Landing Vehicle Tracked used Amphibious warfare, popularly known as "gators" or "gator freighters"
• Boeing T-43, informally known as the Gator, modified Boeing 737 airplanes used for training navigators
• GATOR mine system, an American system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s

Sports

• Gator, a defensive technique in volleyball popularized by Danny Kinda - see Volleyball jargon
• Gators, the athletics teams of St. Amant High School, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
• Gators, the athletics teams of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a private school in Bethesda, Maryland
• Gators, the athletics teams of Chapin School, an all-girls day school in Manhattan, New York
• Gators, the athletics teams of Donald A Wilson Secondary School, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
• Gators, the athletics teams of Lakeshore Catholic High School, Port Colborne, Ontario
• Gators, the athletics teams of Crystal Lake South High School, Illinois
• Florida Gators, the University of Florida's athletic teams
• San Francisco State Gators, the athletics teams of San Francisco State University
• Wuhan Gators, a professional arena football team based in Wuhan, China

Other uses

• Claria Corporation, formerly Gator Corporation, an Internet advertising company known for its Gator spyware
• John Deere Gator, a small utility vehicle
• Gator (facility), a low-background counting facility at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy

See also

• Gaiter, a garment for the legs
• Gater (disambiguation)
• Croc (disambiguation)