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Birthdate: 15.11.1937
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Other clubs: Dundee Utd, Tranmere, Stalybridge Celtic
Bought from: Dundee Utd
Signed for LFC: £22000 July 1961
International debut: 03.10.1964 vs. Wales
International caps: Scotland 3/0
Liverpool debut: 19.08.1961
Debut goal: 23.11.1963
Contract expiry: 30.12.1971
LFC league games/goals: 358 / 13
Total LFC games/goals: 454 / 16
Player Notes: Rowdy Yeats was Liverpool's captain for 10 years, from seasons 1961/62 to 1969/70, the longest serving captain in the history of the club. His father was a butcher and it was fitting the boy would grow up strong as an ox. Yeats signed a professional contract with Dundee Utd and stayed there until Shankly came calling. When Shankly was manager of Huddersfield he had wanted to buy Yeats, but the board couldn't finance the deal. Now the time was right. Shankly told the Liverpool board that with Yeats in defence, Liverpool would be promoted and within a few years and win the FA cup! He sold LFC to Yeats in his usual extravagant manner and paraded him in front of the press and invited them to take a look at the giant centre-half.
Shankly built his defence around his giant and Yeats was his eyes and ears on the field. The defence didn't change much during Shankly's reign in the 60's. Tommy Lawrence was in goal, Chris Lawler on the right, Gerry Byrne on the left and Tommy Smith and Ron in the middle. Yeats' most glorious moment came in 1965 when he had the honour of lifting the FA cup trophy for the first time in Liverpool's 73-year history after the 2-1 Leeds win.
Yeats only played 3 international games for Scotland in his career, which is surprisingly little, but the fact is home-based players were preferred for the national team so it is likely he would have played more internationals than he did if he was not playing south of the border. Ron was replaced in the centre of defence by Larry Lloyd in 1970/71. But Ron still managed to play 16 games as left-back and even score one goal in the process in front of the adoring Kop.
Ron moved to neighbours Tranmere Rovers and played around 100 matches there and managed the team for 3 years. In 1986 he was brought back to Liverpool in the role of chief scout and is still at Liverpool today, the sama giant as ever.
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