Peter Hore is an Australian man best known for public stunts such as disrupting the 1997

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by running onto the track during the race, interrupting a tennis match at the

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, and

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celebrity funerals. During a World Cup football qualifying match between the national teams of Australia and Iran in 1997, Hore ran onto the field and cut the Iranian team's net, right after the second

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's goal (scored by Aurelio Vidmar). According to ''

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'', the resulting delay of eight minutes was a turning point in the match, allowing the Iranian team to "regain their cheer" and go on to win, resulting in the dramatic Australian elimination. In 2007, Hore publicly told Queensland premier Anna Bligh that he would run for her seat in South Brisbane the following year. He ran against

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as an independent in the

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in 2007, polling over 2,200 primary votes as "P.M. Howard".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hore, Peter Living people People from Newcastle, New South Wales Year of birth uncertain Year of birth missing (living people)

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