Legendary former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats has died aged 86.
Described as a ‘colossus’ by supervisor Invoice Shankly, Yeats suffered with Alzheimers lately earlier than passing away on Friday night time.
Yeats was a Scotland worldwide who joined Liverpool in 1961 from Dundee United and have become a vital determine in Shankly’s transformation of the membership as they climbed out of the second division.
The supervisor instructed the media when he was signed: “Stroll round him, he’s a colossus.” Yeats was identified to the Kop as “Rowdy”.
In 1963-64, Yeats was a key a part of the crew who received the membership’s sixth league title, and the next season he climbed the steps at Wembley to carry Liverpool’s first FA Cup.
Yeats performed for Liverpool for a decade, leaving for Tranmere in 1971, having performed 454 video games for the membership and scoring 13 targets, of which a exceptional over 400 have been as captain, and solely Steven Gerrard has skippered the membership on extra events. Throughout his time he received two league titles, one FA Cup and three Charity Shields.
He captained the Reds to 6 trophies, and returned to the membership in 1986 because the chief scout, a task he remained in till his retirement in Might 2006.
Yeats made two appearances for Scotland and likewise performed for Stalybridge Celtic, Barrow, and on mortgage at Los Angeles Skyhawks, the Santa Barbara Condors, Fomby and Rhyl.
When he left Liverpool, he took up a player-manager position at Tranmere, and was additionally supervisor at Barrow and Santa Barbara.
When as soon as requested about his achievements at Anfield, Yeats mentioned, reported by the Liverpool web site: “There have been two of them. Being the captain that took the membership out of the Second Division after eight years was a really, very proud second.
“We received the league by eight or 9 factors that season and to comply with that by being the primary captain of Liverpool to carry the FA Cup is one thing I’m very pleased with.
“I don’t go spherical with the medals on my chest, it’s simply there for me to say.”
