Mick Bates (English footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mick Bates | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Armthorpe, Doncaster, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 2021 (aged 73) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1966 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1976 | Leeds United | 187 | (9) |
| 1976–1978 | Walsall | 85 | (4) |
| 1978–1980 | Bradford City | 56 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 332 | (11) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mick Bates (19 September 1947 – 12 July 2021) was an English
Revie period
.
Career
Bates was born in
Fairs Cup Final of 1971 away in Turin. This goal along with a 1–1 score-line at Elland Road helped Leeds to triumph in the competition with Leeds winning on the away goals rule.[2] Leeds won the league twice during his time at the club in 1969 and 1974. Bates contributed only four appearances to the first of these titles but ten, enough for a medal, to the second.[3] He remained loyal to Leeds for 12 years despite the fact he would have probably retained a regular place in most other sides. A repetition of knee injuries between 1974 and 1976 kept him out of the action for much of that time. He eventually left Leeds in the summer of 1976,[4] going to Walsall for £25,000. Bates later had spells at Bradford City, from 1978 to 1980 joining for £20,000 and Doncaster Rovers, joining for free. He retired from professional football in 1981 and ran his own insurance firm.[5]
He died on 12 July 2021, aged 73.[6]
Honours
References
- ^ a b "Mick Bates". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (9 January 2008). "European Competitions 1970–71". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "Leeds United: Season 1968–1969: Division One". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Mick Bates Leeds United FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Smyth, Graham (12 July 2021). "'He loved the club so much' – Leeds United legend Eddie Gray pays stirring tribute to fellow Revie boy Mick Bates". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "RIP Mick Bates". www.leedsunited.com. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Leeds United: Season 1973–1974: Division One". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.