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