Ron Yeats, the first captain of Liverpool to lift the FA Cup, has passed away at the age of 86, as announced by the club on Saturday.
The centre-back, originally from Aberdeen, had been living with Alzheimer’s disease for some time.
Manager Bill Shankly famously invited journalists to “take a walk around him, he’s a colossus” during Yeats’ unveiling at Anfield.
Signed from Dundee United in July 1961 by Shankly, Yeats made 454 appearances for Liverpool over more than ten years, scoring 16 goals.
He also played for Stalybridge Celtic and Barrow, and had a stint in the American Soccer League. Yeats returned to England for brief periods at Formby and Rhyl before hanging up his boots in 1977.
In 1986, he returned to Liverpool as the chief scout and held that position until his retirement in 2006.
He won two caps for Scotland in 1964 and 1965.
