| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip William Bates [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Penge, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 January 1974 (aged 76) [2] | ||
| Place of death | Beckenham, England [2] | ||
| 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. [1] [3]
Prior to the First World War, Bates worked in his family's greengrocer business. [2] 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. [2] After a period training, Bates' battalion arrived on the Western Front in June 1915. [2] He was wounded in the right arm in March 1916 and evacuated to Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield. [2] The resultant paralysis, caused by arthritis, led to Bates' discharge from the army later in the year. [2] Despite the injury, he was able to return to work as a grocer and to football, [4] though he was only able to play until he was forced into retirement in 1921. [2] After the war, Bates married and established a grocer's in Beckenham. [2] His business was damaged by a V-1 flying bomb during the Second World War. [4] He died of lung cancer at Beckenham Hospital in 1974. [2]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 1919–20 [5] | Southern League First Division | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 1920–21 [5] | Third Division | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
| Career total | 66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 3 | ||
Crystal Palace
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 20. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wiseman, Peter. "Philip William Bates – One-armed centre half of the 1920s Crystal Palace Football team" (PDF). pp. 4–6. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Phil Bates". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Fag break saved market worker when V2 struck". Gravesend Reporter. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Bates Phil Crystal Palace 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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- 1897 births
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment soldiers
- People from Penge
- Footballers from the London Borough of Bromley
- Men's association football wing halves
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- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- 1974 deaths
- Midland Football League players
- British grocers
- Deaths from lung cancer in England
- English disabled sportspeople
- Child soldiers in World War I
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