| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 10 May 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 10 May 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. Despite the incident, both Yeates and Brereton laugh at the circumstances surrounding the incident.
He left Geelong at the end of the 1990 season and for the next two years was captain/coach of North Hobart and led them to back-to-back TFL premierships in 1991 and 1992 before announcing his retirement.
His father John Yeates was captain of Geelong in 1961 and 1962 and played in Geelong's 1963 premiership side.
In Gary Ablett's authorised biography, Mark Yeates wrote a glowing reflection about Gary not only as a footballer, but as a footballer and a friend, suggesting he is still good friends with the club legend.
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