Leeds great Yorath dies aged 75

Former Leeds United and Wales great Terry Yorath, whose life on and off the pitch was marred by tragedy, has died at the age of 75 following a short illness, his family announced yesterday.

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BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan, one of Yorath’s children, left partway through Wednesday’s Match of the Day programme to be replaced by Mark Chapman, who confirmed it was due to “a family emergency”.

Yorath was part of the outstanding Leeds side managed by Don Revie and then Jimmy Armfield, winning the league title in 1974 and runners-up medals in the FA Cup, European Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup.

Capped 59 times by Wales, skippering them on 42 occasions, he also took them to the brink of the 1994 World Cup finals as coach which would have been their first appearance since 1958.