Willis Bates, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football and basketball coach
Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1880
Place of Birth: Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 13-May-1939
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Willis Bates
- Willis Sherman "Bill" Bates (January 26, 1880 – May 13, 1939) was an American football and basketball coach.
- He served as the head football coach at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—from 1905 to 1908 and at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1914 to 1925, compiling a career college football record of 80–49–12.
- He also coached basketball at Fairmount (1905–1908) and Southwestern (1914–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 179–79.
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