Reg Yates (wrestler)

Reg Yates

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	1929 (age 95–96) Tredegar, Wales
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Lightweight
Club	Birmingham Athletic Institute AWC

Reginald D. Yates (born c.1929) was a wrestler who competed for Wales at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Yates originally from Tredegar, was a member of the Birmingham Athletic Institute Amateur Wrestling Club ^[1] and was the 1958 Midlands championship runner-up. ^[2]

With no Welsh Wrestling Association in existence at the time, he was selected for the Empire Games team following trials in London, organised by the British Amateur Wrestling Association on 31 May 1958. ^[3]

He represented the 1958 Welsh team ^[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, ^[5] in the lightweight division of the wrestling competition, finishing sixth behind Muhammad Ashraf of Pakistan. ^[6]

During the early 1960s, Yates turned professional and was a regular on television and was wrestling out of Castle Bromwich. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "To Compete" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Birmingham wrestlers in Games trials" . Birmingham Mail. 31 May 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Four Welsh Games Teams Named" . Western Mail. 9 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
5. "They wear the Red Dragon" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Bristol man" . Western Mail. 21 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Wrestling" . Birmingham Mail. 24 October 1964. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Reg Yates". Wrestling Heritage. Retrieved 30 October 2025.