Warwick Yates

Warwick Yates (born 24 April 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Warwick Yates
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-04-24) 24 April 1951
Original team(s) Lorne
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1971–1973 Geelong 21 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1980–1981 Geelong West (VFA) 22 (13–9–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1973.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

Yates, a ruckman from Lorne, played senior football at Geelong for three seasons.[1] He played 21 league games, 11 of which came in the 1971 VFL season.[2]

In 1974 he began playing for Geelong West in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and would go on and play over 200 games for the club.[3]

He was a member of Geelong West's 1975 premiership team and captained the club in the 1977 season.[4][5]

Yates won his only club best and fairest in 1979.[5] Geelong West made the grand final that year, which Yates missed after getting injured before the preliminary final.[6] It was reported that he broke "a leg while chopping firewood".[6]

Appointed captain-coach in 1980, Yates led the club to the Division 1 preliminary finals and had a strong individual season with an equal sixth placing in the J. J. Liston Trophy.[7] He remained captain-coach for the 1981 VFA season, but resigned early in the campaign.[8]

After Geelong West merged with St Peters, Yates coached the club for its inaugural season in 1989.[3]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "AFL Tables – Warwick Yates – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "Geelong West Football Club Greats – St Peters Football Club". Roosters.org.au. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. "Roosters unruffled". The Age. 22 September 1975. p. 27. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. "Geelong West Football Club – History & Honours Board". roosters.org.au. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  6. Fiddian, Marc (17 September 1979). "Roosters the wake-up boys". The Age. p. 26. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  7. Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 190 & 283.
  8. Fiddian, Marc (24 April 1981). "Seven Roosters strike over pay". The Age. p. 22. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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