[3] In his first season, he played six matches, including the Grand Final which Essendon narrowly lost to Carlton.
[4] In 1952 Tate joined Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League as a captain-coach.
[4] After leaving Rutherglen Tate joined Chiltern in the Ovens & King Football League.
[4] In 2005 Tate was named as coach in Chiltern's "Team of the O&K Years".
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1920s is a stub.