John Martin Cates (March 23, 1878 – November 9, 1955) was an American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1925 to 1926.
[2] Cates played football at Yale as an end and was the captain of the track team.
He died on November 9, 1955, at his home in Rye, New York.
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