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Robert E. Yates (November 20, 1938 – April 16, 2013) was an American football offensive lineman who played college football for Syracuse and professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Yates was a standout student-athlete at Montpelier High School.

At Syracuse, Yates was a member of the undefeated Orange national championship team in 1959. He was named first-team All-American and was later honored as one of the "Forty Four Players of the Century" at Syracuse.

After graduation, Yates was an original member of the AFL's Boston Patriots, playing from 1960 to 1965 as an offensive lineman and kicker.

Yates coached and taught for 34 years at colleges and high schools in Massachusetts and Vermont, including Burlington High School. Steven Yates, one of three sons, played for him at BHS, which saw a football rebirth during Yates’ era from 1979 to 1987.

In 2012 he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame.

See also

• Other American Football League players

References

1. Oliver, Richard (February 4, 2012). "A half-century of devotion to the Patriots". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
2. ^ "Vermont Sports Hall of Fame member Bob Yates passes away". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. April 19, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
3. Cubbison, Brian (October 17, 2008). "How 'The Express' fumbled real Ernie Davis story". The Post-Standard. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
4. Boright, Mal (September 13, 2012). "Former CVU soccer star among Vermont Sports Hall inductees". Williston Observer. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

External links

• Vermont Sports Hall of Fame profile

• 1938 births
• 2013 deaths
• All-American college football players
• Boston Patriots players
• People from Montpelier, Vermont
• Players of American football from Vermont
• Syracuse Orange football players
• American Football League players