Mark Yeates (Australian footballer)

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.[1] 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 Tasmanian Football League (TFL) premierships in 1991 and 1992 before announcing his retirement.Yeates was playing coach of Princetown in the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League for the 1996 season, but played minimal games due to injury.The club's women's team was entered into the Victorian Women's Football League division two competition where they were only one game out of the finals on their debut season.His cousins Neville and Darryl Growden were also very skilful footballers, the latter playing for Port Adelaide throughout the 1980s.
GeelongAustralian rules footballerVictorian Football League1989 VFL Grand FinalfelledDermott BreretonNorth HobartTasmanian Football LeagueVictorian Women's Football LeagueJohn YeatesVictorian team1983 State of OriginFootball ParkSubiaco OvalCunninghamDaniherFlowerMaddenMcCannAshmanClarkeEdmondElphinstoneHawkerLawrieMarcouMcConvilleMossopRowlingsSerafiniSheldonG.SmithWilsonBrowningBuckleyConlanEnglishGreeneJohnstonKnightsRainesWallaceWatsonWeightmanVictorian team 1986 State of OriginBreretonCarrollDiPierdomenicoFouldsGerard HealySalmonWilliamsHarveyLoveridgeMeldrumMerrettT. DaniherHarmesR. KennedyJ. MaddenMillaneA. MorwoodTaylorThompson