14 Facts About Ron Yeats

Ron Yeats started his professional career with Dundee United in 1957 before joining Liverpool in 1961.

Ron Yeats won two caps for the Scotland national team.

In 1956, following a leg break, Ron Yeats had a trial with Elgin City, then a Highland League club, but was not offered a contract.

When Ron Yeats was signed, Shankly was so impressed with the physical presence of his new player that he told waiting journalists "The man is a mountain, go into the dressing room and walk around him".

Ron Yeats lived up to the reputation and the nickname his huge frame gave him, playing at the heart of Liverpool's defence for a decade and winning the club's first major honours in nearly 20 years.

Ron Yeats had played a record 417 games as captain for Liverpool, which was later surpassed by Steven Gerrard.

Ron Yeats won both his full caps for Scotland during the three seasons when the Liverpool team of the 1960s were at their peak.

Ron Yeats's second was a year later in December 1965 in a World Cup qualification decider away to Italy.

In 1977, Ron Yeats became the player coach of the American Soccer League's Santa Barbara Condors expansion team.

In 1986 Ron Yeats returned to Anfield as the club's chief scout responsible for delegating duties to the club's talent spotters.

Ron Yeats remained in that role until his retirement in May 2006.

In January 2024, it was announced that Ron Yeats was living with Alzheimer's disease.

Ron Yeats died from complications of the disease on 6 September 2024, at the age of 86.

Ron Yeats was voted 29th in the official Liverpool website poll "100 Players Who Shook The Kop".