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 Yeats in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Yeats[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 2024 (aged 86) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1957 | Aberdeen Lads' Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1961 | Dundee United | 96 | (1) |
| 1961–1971 | Liverpool | 358 | (13) |
| 1971–1974 | Tranmere Rovers | 97 | (5) |
| 1975 | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
| 1975–1977 | Barrow | ||
| 1976 | → Los Angeles Skyhawks (loan) | ||
| 1977 | Santa Barbara Condors | ||
| 1977 | Formby | 10 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Rhyl | ||
| Total | 561 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 1964[3] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
| 1964–1966 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1974 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| 1975–1977 | Barrow | ||
| 1977 | Santa Barbara Condors | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronald Yeats (15 November 1937 – 6 September 2024) was a Scottish footballer.
He started his professional career with Dundee United in 1957 before joining Liverpool in 1961. He became club captain and won six trophies—two league titles, one FA Cup and three Charity Shields—over the following ten years. In 1971, he joined Tranmere Rovers, where he spent three years as player-manager before serving in the same role at Barrow and Santa Barbara Condors.
He also won two caps for the Scotland national team.
- ^ "Ron Yeats". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Ron Yeats obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.