Ron Yeats

Ronald 'Ron' Yeats (born 15 November 1937 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer. He was the captain of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s.

Life and playing career

Yeats was an Under 15 Schoolboy international who played for Aberdeen Junior side, Aberdeen Lads Club FC, from where he was signed by Dundee United a then Scottish Second Division club. Previous to signing for Dundee United, and on his return from a broken leg, Yeats had a trial with Elgin City FC, then a Scottish Highland Football League club. He worked in a slaughter house in his home town of Aberdeen prior to becoming a professional footballer.

Yeats, a stockily-built 6 ft 2 in central defender, was bought by manager Bill Shankly in 1961 from United for a fee of around £20'000 and was immediately installed as captain as Liverpool gained promotion from the Second Division after eight seasons away from English football's top flight. He made his debut in a 2–0 league victory over Bristol Rovers at Eastville on 19 August 1961, his first goal came 2 years later in the 75th minute of the 1–0 First Division victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on 23 November 1963.

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Sunday Post 25 Aug 2018

When legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly signed Ron Yeats from Dundee United in 1961, he made an unusual offer to the gathered press ... Yeats was described as a ‘colossus’ by his manager and would become the club’s longest serving captain until that record was overtaken by Steven Gerrard....

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Liverpool aim for third consecutive victory this weekend – but just how important is a winning start?

Yahoo Daily News 23 Aug 2018

More ... In 1905/06, Liverpool would endure their worst start ever, losing 3-1, 3-1 and 5-0, before recovering their composure to become champions, while contrastingly they would win three in three in 1969/70 (and eight of their first ten) before a watershed moment at Watford in the FA Cup where Shankly would decide that Tommy Lawrence, Ron Yeats and Ian St John were no longer good enough to play in a team that came fifth.View photos ... ....

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Those halcyon nights when Spurs tried and failed to sign Saido Berahino

The Observer 27 Jul 2018

SHANKS A LOT. When journalists asked Bill Shankly what Liverpool’s team might be for the weekend, he would simply reply with “same as last year, son.” This was the mid-1960s before, in 1970, Shanks eventually realised doddery Ron Yeats and creaking Ian St John were no longer up to it after an FA Cup defeat at Second Division Watford. Instead, he needed to look for new players like that nice young Kevin Keegan ... Read more ... ....

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Those halcyon nights when Spurs tried and failed to sign Saido Berahino | The Fiver

The Guardian 27 Jul 2018

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Reporters' Notebook: July 9, 2018

The Buffalo News 09 Jul 2018

OLAF FUB SEZ. According to novelist Dean Koontz, born on this date in 1945, “Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.”. . ... today in the Hennepin Park Gazebo, Center and Fourth streets, Lewiston ... . ... . ... ... Yeates, Sis McCormick, Julie Fabian, Ceci Bair, Ron Marsowicz, Leila Kuhns, Mark Czajka, Lou Bartus, Christine Hunt, Kim Parr Teator, Katie Schworm Perry, Sherry Sutton and Judy Buczkowski....

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Front three take plaudits but 'warrior' Van Dijk has become Liverpool's £75m lynchpin

Irish Independent 28 Apr 2018

It could have been 5-0 ... And this is where Liverpool could yield their first big dividend on the £75m paid to Southampton in January for Van Dijk, who instantly brings to mind Bill Shankly's invitation to the press when he signed Ron Yeats ... Van Dijk is an immensely imposing figure with the potential to join Liverpool's pantheon of centre-back greats alongside Yeats, Tommy Smith, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson and Jamie Carragher ... ....

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Northern Utah restaurants offer variety of food challenges

Ogden Standard-Examiner 19 Feb 2018

“It’s the equivalent of four omelets,” said restaurant owner Ron Yeates ... Yeates says of the roughly 80 people who’ve tried his breakfast challenge, about 35 have been successful ... “A lady came in one day, she was the size of a toothpick,” Yeates recalls ... The fastest time for a No Frills challenge came from a cross-country skier who does these challenges all across the country, according to Yeates....

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Saturday Night Fever!

Greatest Team 18 Jan 2018

Liverpool – Lawrence, Lawler, Byrne, Milne, Yeats, Stevenson, Callaghan, Hunt, St John, Smith, Thompson ... At the same time Ron Yeats rushed from his own penalty area to grab West ... In the final minute of the first half, Yeats attempted a clearance which was blocked by a Jimmy Husband ... Lawrence, Yeats and Smith dashed to protect the net but Ball had ......

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50 Men Who Made LFC: Ron Yeats

Public Technologies 15 Jan 2018

A footballing giant in terms of his size as much as his standing, big Ron Yeats was the defensive cornerstone of Bill Shankly's first great Liverpool team and later served as chief scout under a succession of Anfield managers ... Original documenthttp.//www.liverpoolfc.com/news/125/286863-50-men-who-made-lfc-ron-yeats....

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Tommy Lawrence: Former Liverpool and Scotland goalkeeper who was a mainstay of Shankly’s side in the 1960s

Yahoo Daily News 14 Jan 2018

Decades later, recalling the fans’ incomprehension, Lawrence explained he was acting on the orders of Liverpool’s fabled manager Bill Shankly ... His team-mate Ian Callaghan remembered him tackling strikers like a centre-half ... Ray Clemence, the future England keeper, endured two and a half years as his understudy until an FA Cup defeat at Watford saw Shankly drop Lawrence and two other mainstays, Ron Yeats and Ian St John ... ....

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Obituary: Tommy Lawrence, goalkeeping stalwart of Bill Shankly’s great Liverpool side

Scotsman 13 Jan 2018

Thomas Johnstone Lawrence, former Scotland international goalkeeper ... Tommy Lawrence, who has died aged 77, was one-third of the all-Scottish backbone – with Ron Yeats and Ian St John – of the first great Liverpool side which Bill Shankly created in the early 1960s ... He played one more first-team game, at Manchester City the following season, before Yeats, now manager at Tranmere, took his old comrade-in-arms across the Mersey ... ....

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Ex-goalie Lawrence dies

The News International 11 Jan 2018

... as first choice, and after being dropped for an FA Cup tie in the 1970/71 season he left for nearby Tranmere Rovers, managed by his former Liverpool team-mate Ron Yeats....

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Death of ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Lawrence

Irish Independent 11 Jan 2018

He spent 14 years at Liverpool, playing just under 400 times ... Lawrence's promotion coincided with the introduction of players of the calibre of Ron Yeats and Ian St John as Shankly's side regained top-flight status in 1963 before becoming English champions in their first year back in 1964 ... ....

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