Bill Bates

[DaltonDonut]

I saw him at the mall in york. He was raising money for charidy.

[gangstanikes]

i'm ordering a bill bates jersey right now!

[Maugwa]

Herschel knocked his dick in the dirt

[92ridethelightning92]

@Maugwa Yep that did happen....

But you know what else happened?

Bill Bates ended up with 3 Super Bowl rings on his hand.

Any for Herschel???

Nope.

[soncowboys]

@Maugwa I agree with 92ridethelightning92, how many rings Walker had? NONE.

[Cdallas5NXcowboyS]

Got to love Bill Bates. Only a select few have the opportunity to wear that star. There comes a pride and tradition with wearing that star. Bates understood that and took full advantage of the opportunity. Wish there were more players like Bates. A class act and an all-time great!

[underthetracks]

Still has nightmares of Herschel Walker coming at him...

[Cowboysfan625]

Wish he still played. We could use him with how much we suck

[burnehill]

join Bill Bates on Facebook and vote for him now for the NFL Hall of Fame Ballot at fanschoice vote daily and spread the word..thank you in advance.

[peptopro17]

anyone that played thru the 80s when the cowboys sucked and was able to hang on until the 90s to win superbowls are the heros

[DCussen]

He was one of the only players who spanned the two successful eras of Cowboy football. Maybe we could include Jim Jeffcoat.

[gubo552]

omg today i got to knuckle touch with his super bowl ring and my friends dad is the riddel pres so i got to meet him and i touched his ring!

[Curtislowe77]

I wish we had a 20 something Bill Bates on special teams right now,with the way Beauler kicks and him on coverage,teams would struggle to get to the 20 most of the time,he was almost allways there on kickoffs if he wasnt in on the tackle he was making the returner redirect.

[BIGSK8]

bill bates was the hitman of the squad

[TheStarClassic]

Was the "BEST" Special Teams Player EVER!!!

[x42b]

Eat your heart out Ronnie Lot , Bill Bates just ate your lunch. The only cowboy that is Tougher than bill bates is Walt Garrison.

[specterkev]

i met him last weekend on his pumpkin farm in celina texas he was cool guy

[nenzi671]

The reason PAT TILLMAN wore # 40 was because BILL BATES was his favorite player.

[MrZezema]

and i have his autograph :)

[MrZezema]

Im a gator fan but hes my favorite player of all time

[SevOneDeu]

Man, it's too bad Bill Bates retired when I was only 10 years old. I, unfortunately, never got to truly root for him as a kid, but as a young man, watching the old games he played, watching videos like this, and reading his amazing life story, makes him easily my all-time favorite Cowboy.

[thegorn68]

Why isn't this man in the Cowboys Ring Of Honor? C'MON JERRAH!!!

[MagillJohnM]

Dam good question. should start a petition to get him in

[bigvol662004]

How many Super Bowl rings does Herschel Walker have? How many does bates have? CASE CLOSED baby! Great player on a great team, and all people can talk about was ONE hit in college...get a life!

[dawgfan24348]

Herschal played on crap teams but he still has the 8th most all-purpose yards of any NFL player

[joenathanable]

For what its worth I heard herschel walker say that Bill Bates slipped on the grass on that play so it looked better than it was in reality. But both are great for sure.

[Ajntb2Sli]

Yep. Bates and Staubach.  My two favorite Cowboys ever!

[elbjr1]

1 of my favorite Cowboys ever.

[georgiadawg30152]

this boy aint all that great! he still got knocked the fuck out by herscheal walker! the greatest NCAA running back of all time!!!!!!!!!!!

[umanah88]

Doesn't mean much in the NFL

[georgiadawg30152]

um yeah it does, you look it atit. herscheal did nothing in the nfl. and bates still didnt do a whole shit laod he was just a real hard worker. so he got knocked the fuck out by a mediocre nfl backup. the boy is shit

[vols9599]

Bill Bates is a VOL would you expect anything less??

[BadIntentions3]

bill bates is class act, i remember him playing. i wish the cowboys have another bill bates.

[david13395]

Damn good football player... It's such a shame whenever you hear Bill Bates.. You think Herschel.

[bkwwatkins540]

Best special teams player ever,hands down.He evolved the position.Dallas should have Bates day down there.I cant believe they wouldn't sign him to multi year deal when he played.Maybe thats what fired him up.

[tical2399]

I guy named Steve Tasker might disagree with that.

[Jikk]

When he and Herschel Walker were teammates for the Cowboys, he laid Herschel Walker out in training camp with no pads. That's why Johnson kept him around haha.

[localhfan11]

this is awesome. i love bill bates!! he was as tough as they come!!

[bates40ss]

one of the best tacklers of all time.

[Visoball5550]

my dad (im 14) played football against him in highschool.

[GallicGun]

His high shcool freshmen year was my mom's senior year and she remembers going to a game against him and he was doing that stuff even then. Haha.

[estebancoolguy]

lol dude my dad was the running back on the high school team with bill bates my dad said they would have RBS and DBs go one on one like hitting and he would choose bill theycalled him the kamacazi

[dabbott14]

"Herschel, Herschel Walker! My God, a freshman!"

[BIGSK8]

hes a monster

[cowsareawesome1]

Thanks for all the great comments! He is my second cousin so I see him every once and a while. He's awesome!

[thepetero]

Couldn't tackle Herschel Walker

[BIGSK8]

he did

dumb ass bitch

[mdr1013]

oh yeah? when?

[Visoball5550]

3:56 on this video

[hillbillyvol]

My cousin was one of his coaches with the Farragut Admirals, so I got to see Bill play plenty of high school ball. From then to the Vols, and to the Cowboys. Glory days! And still more to go.

[rben777]

Even as A Giants Fan for as long as he's been around, He truly was a Stud. And yes He should be in the ring of Honor

[thegorn68]

He should be in the Cowboys Ring Of Honor.

[ChazMcCool]

I actually went to prom last year with his daughter, lol

I hope she's reading this, she'll probably be pissed

[blkvoid]

Bill definitely was one of the toughest guys to play the game.

[mexmoose]

Pure cowboy heart in Mexico calls Loco Bates

[rector]

Respect.

[acting2sing]

i no this guys son dillion

[dabbott14]

I bet he was glad Herschel Walker was on his team for awhile.

[dsbd546]

I like to mouth off, so I have one thing to say to Bates, you were Baddd Azzzz! Mr. Bates, a true legend!

[jeremiahlp1]

Herschel Walker has something to say.

"Bill, get you get out from underneath me?"

[beefnliver]

Bill was definitely old school. He was tough, solid, and not self-absorbed. Oh yes, and he hit like a ton of bricks. We need more Bill Bates on the Cowboys.

[bmr503wd]

One of my all time favorite players. Every year people said he was going to get cut because he wasn't quick enough or strong enough, but every year he made the team and was a leader and a gentleman.