Harry Bates (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry J. Bates | ||
| Date of birth | July 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Date of death | Not known | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Ravensmoor | ? | (?) |
| – | Coventry City | ? | (?) |
| 1911–1913 | Birmingham | 3 | (0) |
| 1913–19xx | Walsall | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Harry J. Bates (July 1890 – after 1912) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham.[1]
Bates was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. An outside right who never turned professional, he played football for Ravensmoor and for Coventry City before joining Birmingham in 1912.[2] He made his debut in the Second Division on 27 January 1912, in a 2–0 home win against Stockport County, and played once more that season[3] and once in 1912–13,[4] but failed to impress, and moved on to Walsall in the 1913 close season. Bates died in Birmingham.[2]