Ron Yeats: Liverpool Fans Say Goodbye to All-Time Great
It was with great sadness that the passing of Ron Yeats was reported in September.
The Scotsman, who made more than 350 appearances for Liverpool and many of them as captain, had been battling Alzheimer’s disease. He was 86.
A player described as a ‘colossus’ and a ‘man mountain’ by no less a judge than Bill Shankly, the 6ft 2in centre back combined a love of the physical side of the game with an ability with the ball at his feet – just some of the reasons why he was a mainstay in the Reds defence for more than a decade.