Bart Oates

NFL player


DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1958|12|16|mf=y
Birthplace= Mesa, Arizona
DateOfDeath=
College=Brigham Young
Position=Center
number=65
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ProBowls=1990, 1991, 1993,
1994, 1995
Career Highlights=y
years=1985-1993
1994-1995
teams=New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers
Stats=Y
DatabaseFootball=OATESBAR01

Bart Steven Oates (born December 16, 1958 in Mesa, Arizona) is a former American football player in the NFL for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Oates played center for the Giants from 1985-93 and with the 49ers from 1994-95. Oates was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI and XXV and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIX. Oates played college football at Brigham Young University, originally entering in 1977 before serving an LDS mission in Las Vegas, Nevada then later joining the Cougars football team. [http://www.cougarclub.com/hall_of_fame/index.html Hall of Fame - Bart Oates] , cougarclub.com, accessed January 13, 2007. ] Oates was inducted into the BYU athletic Hall of Fame in 1992.

The Giants signed Oates in 1985 at the relatively advanced age of 27. This was because Oates had initially played three seasons with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars in the USFL where he won two USFL championships. [http://www.usflonline.readywebsites.com/page/page/2901424.htm Bart Oates interview] , usflonline.readywebsites.com, accessed January 13, 2007.] Oates thought highly of the USFL relative to the NFL and has stated that he feels the 1985 Philadelphia Stars of the USFL could have beaten the 1985 Philadelphia Eagles. Oates was selected to five Pro Bowls during his career and to the AP All-Pro team twice. He was extremely durable, starting 125 consecutive games during his Giants career. [ [http://www.cougarclub.com/hall_of_fame/oates_b.html Hall of Fame] , cougarclub.com, accessed January 13, 2007. ]

Oates currently works in real estate and having graduated magna cum laude with a
Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall Law School, he is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. [ [http://oberon.lunarpages.com/~stella9/professionals.htm#oates The Stellar Realty Group: Meet Our Professional Team] , oberon.lunarpages.com, accessed January 13, 2007. ] Oates is currently chairman of the New Jersey Hall of Fame, a Hall of Fame for New Jersey residents and natives in a variety of fields ranging from scientists to athletes. [ [http://www.njhalloffame.com/boardmembers.htm New Jersey Hall of Fame] , njhalloffame, accessed February 27, 2007. ] In 2006 Oates played himself in the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" episode "Bart Oates", which some program guides list incorrectly as "Bart Oats".

Bart's brother Brad also played offensive line in the NFL for six seasons on five different teams.

ee also

*History of the New York Giants (1979-1993)
*Bart Oates (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode)

References

External links

* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=OATESBAR01 Career Statistics]