Jimmy Bates
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Fullname
Thomas James Edward Bates
Born
25 June 1910
Nathalia
Nathalia
Died
6 October 2009 (aged 99)
Original team
Nathalia
| Jimmy Bates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas James Edward Bates | ||
| Born |
25 June 1910 Nathalia | ||
| Died | 6 October 2009 (aged 99) | ||
| Original team | Nathalia | ||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1933 | Essendon | 1 (0) | |
| Umpiring career | |||
| Years | League | Role | Games |
| 1941 | VFL | Boundary umpire | 13 |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas James Edward Bates (25 June 1910 – 6 October 2009) was an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club and a boundary umpire in the Victorian Football League.
Bates played just one game in the VFL. Recruited to the Essendon seconds from Nathalia, he filled in as a wingman replacing Tom Clarke who was ill with the flu, and played his only league game on 6 May 1933, against St Kilda at Windy Hill.
In Bates' own words: "I played one game, had one kick and got paid three quid."[1] Unhappy with his performance, Bates retired from football immediately after the game, and returned to his favoured sport of competitive running, winning the Keilor Gift in 1939.[2]