Stan Yates
Yates in 1918
Personal information
Full name Stanley Lancelot Yates
Date of birth (1900-06-06)6 June 1900
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death 28 December 1980(1980-12-28) (aged 80)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Anchor Stars
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1918 Collingwood 8 (6)
1925 Richmond 5 (0)
Total 13 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stanley Lancelot Yates (6 June 1900 – 28 December 1980) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Stan continued his football career at Northcote FC and finally as playing Captain Coach ad Fairfield FC, taking them to a premiership in 1926. Stan's nephew is Ken Turner, who played in Collingwood's 1958 Premiership team and Ken's son Jamie Turner was part of the 1990 Collingwood premiership team. Another nephew of Stan's is Graeme Yallop an Australian cricket captain.

Stan normally played as a ruckman, one of the original Collingwood 6 footers!

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 978. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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