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English footballer

Phil Bates
Personal information
Full name Philip William Bates
Date of birth 16 November 1897
Place of birth Penge, England
Date of death 19 January 1974(1974-01-19) (aged 76)
Place of death Beckenham, England
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Beckenham Wanderers
1919–1921 Crystal Palace 66 (3)
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip William Bates (16 November 1897 – 19 January 1974) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Crystal Palace.

Personal life

Prior to the First World War, Bates worked in his family's greengrocer business. After the outbreak of the war in 1914, he attested in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and gave his age as 19 years and 9 months, three years older than he was in reality. After a period training, Bates' battalion arrived on the Western Front in June 1915. He was wounded in the right arm in March 1916 and evacuated to Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield. The resultant paralysis, caused by arthritis, led to Bates' discharge from the army later in the year. Despite the injury, he was able to return to work as a grocer and to football, though he was only able to play until he was forced into retirement in 1921. After the war, Bates married and established a grocer's in Beckenham. His business was damaged by a V-1 flying bomb during the Second World War. He died of lung cancer at Beckenham Hospital in 1974.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crystal Palace 1919–20 Southern League First Division 26 1 0 0 26 1
1920–21 Third Division 40 2 2 0 42 2
Career total 66 3 2 0 68 3

Honours

Crystal Palace

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 20. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Wiseman, Peter. "Philip William Bates – One-armed centre half of the 1920s Crystal Palace Football team" (PDF). pp. 4–6. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Phil Bates". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Fag break saved market worker when V2 struck". Gravesend Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Bates Phil Crystal Palace 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 16 January 2021.


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