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Ted Bates (footballer)

Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (died 2003)

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Born
May 3, 1918
Died
November 28, 2003
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1918

About Ted Bates (footballer)

Edric Thornton Bates MBE was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career at Southampton F.C. as a player, manager, director and president which earned him the sobriquet "Mr. Southampton". After some declining performances on the pitch, Bates made his last first-team appearance on 20 December 1952 at home to West Ham United. They were promoted to the national Second Division in 1959 when they finished as champions of the Third Division with Derek Reeves scoring 39 league goals, a club record.

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Ted Bates (footballer) timeline

  1. After some declining performances on the pitch, Bates made his last first-team appearance on 20 December 1952 at home to West Ham United.
  2. They were promoted to the national Second Division in 1959 when they finished as champions of the Third Division with Derek Reeves scoring 39 league goals, a club record.

The world when Ted Bates (footballer) was born

Ted Bates (footballer) was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ted Bates (footballer)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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