Ted Grant

Gym owner, and personal trainer to young crime fighter Peter Parker.

Black Beast Gym
Ted Grant purchased the Black Beast Gym after Telman Davies was arrested, and set about cleaning out the criminal elements. When Peter Parker came asking for the fighting club, Ted sent him away.

However later he saved him from an alley fight and offered him a job and training.

Training Peter Parker
Ted began training Peter, after he discovered he had special abilities. Ted also told Peter to get a new job at the Daily Bugle after Peter's super strength meant he was drawing too much attention to himself.

Ted encouraged Peter to face his new foe Radian, telling him that "super"-criminals were dangerous. However, when Peter is believed dead Ted saves him from the wreckage and takes him home. He is then warned off by May Parker, who says she remembers that people close to him tend to get hurt.

Trivia

 * Ted Grant becomes Peter's replacement father figure after his Uncle Ben dies.