Jagsbch Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Cheers Coach 3-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys. Bates was the Cowboys special teams captain. An All-Madden selection for 12 seasons. One of the NFL's true success stories, Bates had a distinguished career from 1983 to '97 that was characterized by persistence and an ability to overcome the odds. Starting in 1983, he made the team as a long-shot rookie free agent and eventually became a special teams star. His production as a special teams standout helped propel the league into adding a spot on the Pro Bowl teams for special teams coverage players. Bates was a three-year starter at safety and was named the Cowboys' special teams captain in 1990. He finished his career with 701 tackles in 217 regular season games played, second all-time to Ed Jones. His 15 seasons as a Cowboy ranks No. 1 all-time with Mark Tuinei and Jones. Bates was a four-year starting safety at the University of Tennessee, where he intercepted nine passes and was named second-team All-SEC as a junior and a senior. He and his wife, Denise, live in Dallas and have four sons - Graham, Hunter, Tanner and Dillon - and a daughter, Brianna. Bill Bates ============== Jack decided to give everyone the day off, and take the team golfing today. Oh and Mark is throwing a charity softball game tonight @ the new baseball park. The weather is terrefic, here's the starting lineup Kyle Brady Fernando Bryant Marc Edwards David Garrard Chris Hanson Jay Humphrey Jermaine Lewis Marlon McCree Brad Meester Mike Pearson T.J. Slaughter Paul Spicer Daryl Terrell Joe Tuipala Mo Williams Joe Zelenka These are some good time's for the Jags under the new Regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drex Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Jagsbch: nice post. here's your prize: :moon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Ah yes, I remember Master Bates very well. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB33 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 My most enjoyable Bates moment ocurred at RFK. Gibbs put in a formation to force Bates into one on one coverage of Clint Didier. Result a fly pattern with Dids scoring on aa 65 yrd play. Bates was trailing by 10 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallyG3 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Can I get a refund for the time I just spent reading that? :stick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Hey Bill Bates, knock, knock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 I know JUST the birthday gift for Bill Bates............. He should get hit by someone dressed in a Redskins uniform in FULL HELMET AND PADS, prefreably a blind side hit, kinda like all the cheap shots he dished out in his "glorious":puke: career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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