| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arnold Coates | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1957–1959 | Crook Town | ? | (?) |
| 1959–1961 | Evenwood Town | ? | (?) |
| 1961–1963 | Crook Town | ? | (?) |
| 1963–1965 | Queen of the South | 48 | (25) |
| 1965–1967 | Scarborough | ? | (?) |
| – | Howden-le-Wear | ? | (?) |
| Total | ? | (?) | |
| National team | |||
| 1960s | England amateur | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Arnold Coates (born 24 July 1936) was an English leading amateur footballer active in the 1960s who played as a striker.
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Coates played amateur football with Evenwood Town and Crook Town, scoring two goals in the final as they won the FA Amateur Cup in April 1962.[1] He was also in Crook's 1959 FA Amateur Cup winning team in his first spell at the club. He turned professional with Queen of the South in 1963, scoring 25 goals in 48 appearances in the Scottish Football League over the next two seasons.[2] Coates later returned to non-League football with Scarborough, before joining village team Howden-le-Wear.[3]
Coates was called up to the Great Britain squad for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but didn't make an appearance in the tournament.
He also represented the England amateur team during the 1960s.[3][4]
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