Bruce Bates

Bruce Bates is a Canadian retired professional soccer player.

Bruce Bates
Personal information
Full name Bruce Bates
Date of birth (1960-06-13) June 13, 1960
Place of birth British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1980 Richmond Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Honors
  • Pacific Rim Soccer League
    • 1985: Champion
    • 1985: President’s Cup finalist

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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