John Michael Moates (November 28, 1944 – July 9, 2018) was an American basketball player best known for his collegiate career at the University of Richmond between 1964–65 and 1966–67. A native of

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played for the Spiders for three seasons, the last two of which he was a First Team All- Southern Conference selection. In his

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season of 1966–67, Moates averaged 25.0 points per game to lead the conference in scoring and was subsequently named the Southern Conference Player of the Year. In the

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selected him in the third round (138th overall) but he never played in a game in the league. Moates became a businessman in his later life. He died on July 9, 2018, following a brief illness.

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