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Michael Coates

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Michael Coates
Personal information
Full name Michael Coates
Date of birth (1961-01-06) 6 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Melbourne
Original team(s) Surrey Hills[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Wing, Half-forward, Half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1982–1984; 1986 Fitzroy 29 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael Coates is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He is the son of George Coates, an AFL Life Member and Fitzroy/Brisbane Lions Hall of Fame member. Michael was recruited to Fitzroy from Surrey Hills under the father-son rule. His first senior game was in 1982 (against Carlton) and played 29 senior games in total over the years 1982–1984, and 1986, after having briefly joined the Sydney Swans in 1985.

References

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  1. ^ a b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.
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