Bruce Bates (born June 13, 1960) is a Canadian soccer player.
In 1982, he joined Calgary teammates Jürgen Stars and Tom Boric on the Tampa Bay Rowdies roster.
[5] Before the 1983 outdoor season began, he and Peter Gruber were dealt to Calgary Mustangs of the Canadian Professional Soccer League, where he was later named team captain.
In 1985, he played in the semi-pro Pacific Rim Soccer League[8] for the New Westminster Queens Park Rangers along with other NASL alumni, Garry Ayre, Peter Stanley, and Carl Shearer.
[9] He and the Rangers won the season title with a 16-4-4 record,[10] but fell, 3–0, to Vancouver Columbus in the PSRL President's Cup finals.