Mark Yeates (Australian rules footballer)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | May 10, 1960, |
| Recruited from | |
| Height and weight | 185cm / 84 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | 1980, Geelong vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Geelong (1980-90)
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| ¹ Statistics to end of 1990 season | |
| Career highlights | |
Mark Yeates (born May 10, 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1980s.
Yeates is best known for an incident in the 1989 VFL Grand Final when he felled Dermott Brereton after the opening bounce which saw the Hawthorn forward suffer a bruised kidney and internal bleeding.
He left Geelong at the end of the 1990 season and for the next two years was coach of North Hobart.
