John Coates (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = John Coates

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|6|3}}

|birth_place = Birkdale, England

|position = Goalkeeper

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Burscough

|years1 = 1964–1965

|years2 = 1966–1967

|years3 =

|years4 =

|years5 = 1972–1975

|years6 = 1975–1976

|years7 = 1976

|years8 = 1976–1977

|years9 =

|clubs1 = Southport

|clubs2 = Chester

|clubs3 = Burscough

|clubs4 = Kirkby Town

|clubs5 = Morecambe

|clubs6 = Skelmersdale United

|clubs7 = Burscough

|clubs8 = Southport

|clubs9 = Morecambe

|caps1 = 5

|caps2 = 1

|caps3 =

|caps4 =

|caps5 =

|caps6 =

|caps7 =

|caps8 = 16

|caps9 =

|goals1 = 0

|goals2 = 0

|goals3 =

|goals4 =

|goals5 =

|goals6 =

|goals7 =

|goals8 = 0

|goals9 =

|totalcaps = 22

|totalgoals = 0

}}

John Coates is a footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Southport and Chester.