Ron Yeats, the primary Liverpool captain to raise the FA Cup, has died on the age of 86, the membership introduced on Saturday.
The Aberdeen-born centre-back – who supervisor Invoice Shankly famously invited journalists to “take a walk around him, he’s a colossus” at his unveiling at Anfield – had been dwelling with Alzheimer’s illness lately.
Yeats was signed from Dundee United in July 1961 by Shankly and made 454 appearances over greater than a decade at Anfield, scoring 16 targets.
Following his change to Liverpool aged 23, inside six months Yeats had assumed the captaincy which he was to carry for 10 years.
His document 417-match run as Reds skipper was solely damaged by Steven Gerrard within the final decade.
After serving to Liverpool out of the Second Division, Yeats gained two Division One league titles and, considerably, lifted the Reds’ first FA Cup in 1965 – forgetting all etiquette to inform the Queen on the trophy presentation he was “knackered” after an energy-sapping closing win over Leeds.
Having made 454 Liverpool appearances he left to be Tranmere’s player-manager for 3 years, adopted by a short spell in America in his late 30s earlier than returning to Anfield in 1986 as chief scout, a job he held for 20 years.
Yeats stated his proudest achievement in that point was figuring out Sami Hyypia, a centre-back and chief very like himself.
A press release from Liverpool on Saturday morning learn: “The thoughts of everyone at LFC are with Ron’s wife, Ann, all of his family and his friends at this incredibly sad time.
“Flags throughout membership websites will probably be lowered to half-mast right now as a mark of respect.”
