Bart Oates
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Bart Oates | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Date of birth: | December 16, 1958 |
| Place of birth: |  Mesa, Arizona |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Center |
| Jersey №: | 65 |
| College: | Brigham Young |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1985-1993 1994-1995 |
New York Giants San Francisco 49ers |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| Pro Bowls: | 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Bart Steven Oates (born December 16, 1958 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American football player in the NFL for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Oates played center for the Giants from 1985-93 and with the 49ers from 1994-95. Oates was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIX.
Oates played college football at Brigham Young University, originally entering in 1977 before serving an LDS mission in Las Vegas, Nevada then later joining the Cougars football team.[1] Oates was inducted into the BYU athletic Hall of Fame in 1992.[1]
The Giants signed Oates in 1985 at the relatively advanced age of 27. This was because Oates had initially played three seasons with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars in the USFL where he won two USFL championships.[2] Oates thought highly of the USFL relative to the NFL and has stated that he feels the 1985 Philadelphia Stars of the USFL could have beaten the 1985 Philadelphia Eagles.[2] Oates was selected to five Pro Bowls during his career and to the AP All-Pro team twice. He was extremely durable, starting 125 consecutive games during his Giants career.[3]
Oates currently works in real estate and having graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall Law School, he is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.[4] Oates is currently chairman of the New Jersey Hall of Fame, a Hall of Fame for New Jersey residents and natives in a variety of fields ranging from scientists to athletes.[5] In 2006 Oates played himself in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Bart Oates", which some program guides list incorrectly as "Bart Oats".
In the 1994 and 1995 seasons, quarterback Steve Young received snaps from Oates. This marks the only time in NFL history one lawyer has snapped a football to another.[citation needed]
Bart's brother Brad also played offensive line in the NFL for six seasons on five different teams.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hall of Fame - Bart Oates, cougarclub.com, accessed January 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Bart Oates interview, usflonline.readywebsites.com, accessed January 13, 2007.
- ^ Hall of Fame, cougarclub.com, accessed January 13, 2007.
- ^ The Stellar Realty Group: Meet Our Professional Team, oberon.lunarpages.com, accessed January 13, 2007.
- ^ New Jersey Hall of Fame, njhalloffame, accessed February 27, 2007.
[edit] External links
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||
