Ted Bates (footballer)

Edric Thornton Bates MBE was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career at Southampton F.C. as a player, manager, director and president which earned him the sobriquet Mr. Southampton.

3 May 1918

Born on the same birth day (3 May): Andy Bowen • Bing Crosby • Domantas Sabonis • John Jensen • Juan Gelman • Leyla Zana • Margaret of York • Marika Kotopouli • Maryam Mirzakhani • Ralph Hall

Born in the same month (May 1918): Abraham Pais • Aleksandra Boiko • Birgit Nilsson • Bob Evans (restaurateur) • Coleman Young • Denis Compton • Eddy Arnold • Jack Paar • Lloyd Quarterman • Mike Wallace • Richard Feynman • Robert Osterloh • Wilf Mannion