Jimmy Yates [SEP] date of death
Jimmy Yates
James Yates (2 November 1869 – 5 September 1922) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger in the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton.
Playing career.
Yates was born in Tunstall, Stafordshire, but started his professional career in November 1892 with Second Division Ardwick, after spending the 1891–92 season on the books of Burnley. He made his Ardwick debut on 24 December 1892 in a 2–1 defeat at the hands of Lincoln City. Toward the end of the season he hit a
successor to Jimmy Hatlo) and "Rip Kirby" (where he tried to recruit Leonard Starr to succeed Alex Raymond in the wake of Raymond's sudden death; Starr suggested that Byck instead hire John Prentice). However, in the case of "Steve Canyon", Byck "dismissed the possibility of a successor" to the strip's creator Milt Caniff, on the grounds that Caniff "could never be imitated".
In 1978, Byck retired, and was succeeded by Bill Yates (who Byck had recruited in