18 Facts About Terry Yorath

1.

Terry Yorath is the father of television presenter Gabby Logan.

2.

Terry Yorath represented Leeds United, Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Vancouver Whitecaps, Bradford City, Swansea City and the Welsh national team.

3.

Terry Yorath later became a football manager for Bradford City, Swansea City, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as assistant at Huddersfield Town.

4.

Terry Yorath was an apprentice at Leeds United signing professional forms at the age of 17.

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Terry Yorath would be captain to one of only a handful of top flight Coventry City sides that spent an entire season in the top ten.

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Terry Yorath remained at Coventry for three years, playing 99 games and scoring three goals and was captain for most of this period.

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Terry Yorath picked up the first of 59 Welsh caps in 1970 against Italy, and he maintained a regular presence in the international side until 1981.

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8.

Terry Yorath was injured during the Bradford City stadium fire disaster in 1985 when he was forced to jump out of a window after evacuating supporters from a bar.

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However, this caused conflict with the club, and Terry Yorath left Swansea to manage Bradford.

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Terry Yorath was dismissed by Bradford after just one year in charge, and returned to manage Swansea again.

11.

Terry Yorath was popular amongst the Wales players and fans and guided them to wins over Brazil in 1990 and World Cup holders Germany in a European Championship Qualifier in 1991.

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Under Terry Yorath, Wales attained what was then their highest ever FIFA ranking of 27th in August 1993 and came close to qualifying for the 1994 World Cup tournament.

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However, Terry Yorath turned things around with victories over the Faroe Isles, Belgium and Cyprus.

14.

Terry Yorath joined Cardiff City as general manager in 1994, after speculation that he would become manager of Middlesbrough in May that year, and assumed control of team affairs in November of that year when manager Eddie May was sacked.

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Terry Yorath retained his position when Jewell was dismissed, and eventually became manager in 2001.

16.

In June 2008, Terry Yorath returned to football when he was appointed the director of football at Isthmian League Premier Division side Margate, where his brother Dai and nephew Dean had both played.

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However, Terry Yorath resigned as Margate manager on 24 September 2009 following a run of disappointing results, leaving Neville Southall in temporary charge of the team.

18.

Terry Yorath's autobiography, published in 2004, is titled Hard Man, Hard Knocks.