Gallery: Ron Yeats' remarkable Liverpool career in photos

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As Liverpool FC mourns the passing of the legendary Ron Yeats, here we look back on his remarkable Anfield career in photos.

Former centre-back Yeats made 454 appearances for the Reds and was a cornerstone of Bill Shankly’s first great team, serving as club captain for the majority of his decade of playing service at Anfield.

‘Rowdy’ helped clinch the Second Division title in his first campaign in 1961-62, playing a key role for Shankly’s charges in defence to bring Liverpool back to the forefront of English football.

With Yeats leading the way, the Reds would go on to lift the First Division title in 1963-64 and again in 1965-66, while in between those successes he became the first Liverpool captain to lift the FA Cup in 1965.

Yeats later served the club in an off-field capacity as a chief scout, a position he was appointed to in 1986 and held for 20 years before his retirement.

Take a look back at a phenomenal career in photos below…

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
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
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