| Harry Bates | |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Birth Date: | July 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Sutton Coldfield, England |
| Death Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Clubs1: | Ravensmoor |
| Clubs2: | Coventry City |
| Years3: | 1911–1913 |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1913–19?? |
| Clubs4: | Walsall |
Harry J. Bates (July 1890 – after 1912) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham.[1]
Bates was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. An outside right who never turned professional, he played football for Ravensmoor and for Coventry City before joining Birmingham in 1912.[2] He made his debut in the Second Division on 27 January 1912, in a 2–0 home win against Stockport County, and played once more that season[3] and once in 1912–13,[4] but failed to impress, and moved on to Walsall in the 1913 close season. Bates died in Birmingham.[2]