Ron Yeats

Ron Yeats passes away.
One of Shanks iconic signings who helped transform Liverpool F C.
Rest in peace big fella.

One of our all time greats.

RIP Ron

YNWA

RIP legend.

Scottish blood, scouse heart ❤️

Ron 'Red Wall' Yeats

RIP big legend....

A true Anfield legend

RIP Ron Yeats.

RIP

One of the greats

RIP to big Ron Yeats

Rip Ron, for such a big man had such a quiet voice and manner, was and still is the best after dinner speaker I have had the pleasure to listen to.

        RIP Big man
       True legend

Sorry to hear of the loss of the big man R.I.P.

RIP

Shanks when introducing him to the media

Take a walk around our new centre half - he’s a colossal

Shankly's Colossus

RIP

One of Sir bill's best signings. Yeats would run through a brick wall for the club..and the wall would come off worse. Fantastic strength, player of his time but still a great pillar of strength. Served the club off the field as well. Very sorry to hear that news.

RIP Ron Yeats

A gentle giant of a man. One of the first cogs in shanks red machine. When i was a kid my grandad used to talk about Ron all the time. And he knew a player when he saw one.

Rip big man. Absolute legend of this club.

Rest easy 'Rowdy' , what a player to build a team around, loyal, strong and gave everything he had every game ,sadly missed ,my condolences to all family and friends and colleagues ynwa

Rest easy 'Rowdy' , what a player to build a team around, loyal, strong and gave everything he had every game ,sadly missed ,my condolences to all family and friends and colleagues ynwa

The very definition of a gentle giant....An LFC Icon who served us with distinction.....He'd have still been playing when my older Brother first took me to Anfield, though I have no memory of the game or players. RIP Big Man.

Rip Ron, for such a big man had such a quiet voice and manner, was and still is the best after dinner speaker I have had the pleasure to listen to.

Could tell a story with the best of them. Told this tale of Shanks early on.

"We were Playing 5-a-side out in the car park and Shanks lets one fly, seems to go over the box we used for goal posts, Shanks start shouting * goal..what a goal*.....went over the box Boss...*never*....and Chris Lawler was close by and he was known for being a very quiet chap...so Shanks says *we can trust Chris....Chris was it a goal*................."No Boss...went over the box"................Shanks come back in a flash...." ....* Chris you never speak.....but when yer do...yer tell f'kin lies......*

"Whole lot of us were on the floor in bulk..."

RIP the colossus

It was only a few days ago I was watching Ron tell the story how he first met Shankly in a hotel in Scotland and how it was a surprise visit when he got the call that was set up by one of the colonel's of the British Army Ron used to play for down in Aldershot.

This was the main guy that made it all happen, from 2nd division champions to first division champions in a few years.

RIP Ron.

RIP Ron

Liverpool FC following their 1962 Second Division championship


The Reds’ title-winning team in 1963-64


Skipper for the Reds’ first European fixture - in Reykjavik in August 1964


Yeats in action against Manchester United and George Best


Yeats lifting the FA Cup in 1965


Liverpool led by Yeats down the Wembley steps with the FA Cup


The Reds parade the FA Cup trophy around the pitch


Liverpool with the 1965-66 First Division trophy


Yeats with the First Division title in 1966


Yeats pictured following an international call-up for Scotland (don't think I've ever seen him in a Scotland shirt before)


Liverpool’s pre-season photocall in 1967, with Yeats pictured


Yeats in action against Tottenham Hotspur


Liverpool’s former captain on the Kop surveying Anfield circa 1970


On a return to Anfield following his retirement as chief scout in 2006


Yeats (right) and Ian St John (left) receiving Lifetime Achievement awards from the club in 2015

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/gallery-ron-yeats-remarkable-liverpool-career-photos

R.I.P  Big guy!

So sad RIP big man.

Liverpool FC following their 1962 Second Division championship


The Reds’ title-winning team in 1963-64


Skipper for the Reds’ first European fixture - in Reykjavik in August 1964


Yeats in action against Manchester United and George Best


Yeats lifting the FA Cup in 1965


Liverpool led by Yeats down the Wembley steps with the FA Cup


The Reds parade the FA Cup trophy around the pitch


Liverpool with the 1965-66 First Division trophy


Yeats with the First Division title in 1966


Yeats pictured following an international call-up for Scotland (don't think I've ever seen him in a Scotland shirt before)


Liverpool’s pre-season photocall in 1967, with Yeats pictured


Yeats in action against Tottenham Hotspur


Liverpool’s former captain on the Kop surveying Anfield circa 1970


On a return to Anfield following his retirement as chief scout in 2006


Yeats (right) and Ian St John (left) receiving Lifetime Achievement awards from the club in 2015

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/gallery-ron-yeats-remarkable-liverpool-career-photos

Thank you for putting those pictures up....Fantastic

Ah saddened to hear this

Condolences to his family and friends

RIP big man, an absolute legend

The Collosus of Anfield has finally gone.
How sad RIP Big man

Passing of a legend.


Perhaps the only one of our players to have worked in a slaughterhouse, definitely the first of our captains to lift the FA Cup!

Always enjoyed this story.


A few days before the final, Yeats had received a phone call from Buckingham Palace and been instructed – should Liverpool win – not to address the Queen until she talked to him, and that he had to say ‘Yes, Ma’am’ and ‘No, Ma’am’. During the final few minutes of the game, he had been wondering what to say to her and, as the shattered and sodden players walked up the steps to the Royal Box at Wembley, Yeats wiped his hands on his clothes before he reached the Queen, who was ready to present him with the trophy.
“You must be exhausted,” she said to him.
“I’m absolutely knackered,” he replied.
“I’m certain that you are,” the Queen said, before handing him the trophy.





RIP Ron, thank you for your magnificent contribution.

I felt I had to post as soon as I heard the sad news. I probably didn't do the big fella justice, so thanks for all the following photos and snippets.

Isn't it weird. Probably haven't seen Ron in person, since 68 - 69, yet still feel like i've lost a friend. 

Very sad news.
Condolences to his friends & family.
R.I.P big man.
Legend.

Such sad news. A man to rival the Greek Gods. A true Anfield legend - whether it was Hansen, Hyypia or Virg, all the great defenders that came after him followed in his footsteps.

Rest in peace Big Ron

YNWA

It all started with Ron Yeats from him signing we. Just got better and better https://youtu.be/zgwub_hD7VU?si=Dc2oTYOIwJvdqS1z

https://youtu.be/CvRGWFFh6a8?si=gS59jLK4TIPTNkve
Watch our wing back formerly full back Chris Lawler score 2 inside 6 yard box. 56 years ago our DNA was formed watch our support at Leeds

When people talk about modern generations of players standing on the shoulders of giants, Ron Yeats is the kind of man they are referring to. A proper legend. RIP Ron.

I've got a scrapbook from when my Dad was young and its filled with newspaper clippings primarily featuring Yeats.

RIP Colossus.

Baffled as to how he only got 2 caps with Scotland

Reading the Boot Room Boys again. He was very much like the VVD signing for Shanks and company. One of the missing pieces and once he joined it was game on. Also cool story about him trying on the all red kit and blowing Shanklys mind.

Fly high 🕊️ Ynwa.

RIP Big Ron, a wonderful player for us and a very nice man who had time for a bunch of 12/13 yr olds who would watch training at Melwood every school holiday and then head to Anfield to wait for them to come out after they’d had lunch. He always had time to stop and chat. Condolences to his family.

It's a shame we need the passing of a legend for us to enjoy and reflect on just what a club Shankly built starting with the great man himself Rowdy Yates. Loads if old stuff on YouTube worth a look

RIP RON.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/TgZXGMaWsi2a1Bnn/?mibextid=WC7FNe

     RIP Big Man

Great centre half, brought in by Bill Shankly, to build the club's undoubted success on.

He was indeed a colossus of a man, Shanks used him as a model to show off the All Red kit, Shanks reckoned players looked bigger in Red and no one came bigger than big Ron, so when big Ron took to the pitch he certainly looked bigger, and must have put the fear of god into opponents,

I remember the footage of him & Saint retracing their footprints to show off our first FA cup from St George’s hall, the 40th Anniversary in 2014, he must have felt tremendous pride to do that again after all those years, and now he is reunited with his Pal to climb a different set of steps.


RIP ‘Rowdy’ Yeats  ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’

It's really worthwhile checking him out on YouTube think about  60's version of Virgil he was a player not just a big lump. Ian St John reckons he was better than modern defenders and would argue with the Saint

People shouldn't forget the role he played as chief scout. I think sami hyppia was one of his.

Time takes it's toll on everybody. Of the team that won the '65 FA cup final we have Willie Stevenson 84, Ian Callaghan 82 and Chris Lawler 80 still with us. Great legends, one and all at the club during Sir Bill's time.

It's really worthwhile checking him out on YouTube think about  60's version of Virgil he was a player not just a big lump. Ian St John reckons he was better than modern defenders and would argue with the Saint

Virgil is the apprentice to the masters Rowdy and Jocky .

https://x.com/empireofthekop/status/1835302557406900489?s=46&t=_4uI6CiVRqge8WqM7F37Iw

https://x.com/lfc/status/1841161351257080128?s=46&t=_4uI6CiVRqge8WqM7F37Iw

https://x.com/lfc/status/1841161351257080128?s=46&t=_4uI6CiVRqge8WqM7F37Iw

What a beautiful tribute