#RonYeats looks across #Anfield from the Kop, circa 1970.
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#EvertonFC v #LiverpoolFC at #GoodisonPark, September 1962.
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#RoyVernon and #RonYeats

#RonYeats at #Anfield, 1970.

#EvertonFC v #LiverpoolFC, September 1962.
#RoyVernon and #RonYeats shake hands before the #Merseysidederby, the first league encounter between in eleven years watched by 72,488 fans.

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The Aberdeen-born centre-back - who manager Bill Shankly famously invited journalists to "take a walk around him, he's a colossus" at his unveiling at Anfield - had been living with Alzheimer's disease in recent years. Yeats was signed from Dundee United in July 1961 by Shankly and made 454 appearances over more than a decade at Anfield, scoring 16 goals.

Ron Yeats lifted the FA Cup as Liverpool captain in 1965

🔴⚽🏆 #RonYeats, the first #Liverpool captain to lift the #FACup, has died at the age of 86, the club announced on Saturday.

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#RonYeats Rest in Peace 🙏💕🕊️😢

Sad to hear a childhood hero has passed. I vividly recall him in the 1965 FA Cup won by Liverpool (for whom I've since had a soft spot).
He was magnificent that day & I imagine for many days since! From the days when football was a different & better sport. Condolences!