Bruce Bates

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Bruce Bates
Personal information
Full name Bruce Bates
Date of birth (1960-06-13) June 13, 1960 (age 62)
Place of birth British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1980 Richmond Olympic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981 Calgary Boomers 10 (0)
1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 (0)
1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 4 (1)
1983 Calgary Mustangs
1985 New Westminster Q.P.R. (PRSL)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruce Bates is a Canadian retired professional soccer player.

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Career

A native of the Vancouver area, Bates played amateur soccer locally for Richmond Olympic and briefly spent time as a reserve player for the Vancouver Whitecaps. [1] [2] At the age of 20 he impressed the coaches of the Calgary Boomers during open tryouts enough to win a spot with the NASL side. [3] He appeared in ten matches that year, but the Boomers folded after one season. In 1982 he joined Calgary teammates Jürgen Stars and Tom Boric on the Tampa Bay Rowdies roster. [4] He also played for the Rowdies during their run to the 1983 Indoor Grand Prix title. [5]

Before the 1983 outdoor season began, he and Peter Gruber were dealt to Calgary Mustangs of the Canadian Professional Soccer League, where he was later named team captain. [6] [7] The CPSL folded after only one season.

In 1985 he played in the semi-pro Pacific Rim Soccer League [8] for the New Westminster Queens Park Rangers along with other NASL alumni, Garry Ayre, Peter Stanley, and Carl Shearer. [9] He and the Rangers won the season title with a 16-4-4 record, [10] but fell, 3–0, to Vancouver Columbus in the PSRL President's Cup finals. [11]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Konotopetz, Gyle (April 16, 1981). "Boomers player profiles". Calgary Herald. p. F4. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ Konotopetz, Gyle (April 6, 1981). "Boomer nightmare". Calgary Herald. p. D3. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bates impresses Boomers' brass". Calgary Herald. March 23, 1981. p. D4. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ Henderson, Jim (April 13, 1982). "Bates' Soccer Career Rescued By Rowdies". Tampa Tribune. p. 1-C. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Mark (February 11, 1983). "Rowdies to unveil new players against Strikers". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Mark (April 5, 1983). "Rowdies take on two newcomers, cut four veterans". St. Petersburg. p. 3C. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ Konotopetz, Gyle (July 19, 1983). "Mustang coach quits in a huff". Calgary Herald. p. C1. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ Stinson, Dan (March 1, 1985). "Lower Mainland soccer shaping up semi so-so". Vancouver Sun. p. C4. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Kevin (May 27, 1985). "Rangers rattle Dynamos". Nanaimo Daily News. p. 9. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Pacific Rim League final standings". Vancouver Sun. September 18, 1985. p. D7. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Columbus win title". Nanaimo Daily News. September 30, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
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