EntityQ3640058· pop 9· linked from 182 articlesBilly Ray BatesSign in to saveAmerican basketball playerPersonBorn1956-05-31via Open Library + WikidataMusic · MusicBrainzTypePersonCountryUSActive from1930-09-23Active to2004-06-10via MusicBrainz · CC0Key datesBorn31 May 1956via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanFamily nameBatesGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesPlace of birthKosciuskoOccupationbasketball coachEducated atKentucky State UniversityNative languageEnglish languageSportbasketballPosition playedshooting guardConnectionsMexicoCountryPhilippinesCountryUruguayCategories1956 births20th-century African-American sportsmen20th-century American sportsmen21st-century African-American sportsmen21st-century American sportsmenAmerican expatriate basketball people in MexicoAmerican expatriate basketball people in SwitzerlandAmerican expatriate basketball people in the PhilippinesAmerican expatriate basketball people in UruguayAmerican men's basketball playersAmerican people convicted of assault