John Yates - Allegany High

This is a photograph of the Allegany High School Basketball Team, circa 1967.

Front Row, Left to Right: Coach Jim Thompson, Jeff Williams, Tom Green, Corky Hickle, Kevin Sellers.
Back Row, Left to Right: Carl Cecil, John Lange, Richard Stover, Gary Rymer, John Martin, Jim Walton, John Jesse "Perkey" Yates (Class of 1967). Additional information on Perkey Yates is located elsewhere on this website.

In 1973, and after some years of inactivity, John "Perkey" Yates was among those who reformed the Allegany County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The organization remains locally active to this day.