Terry Yorath

Terence Charles Yorath (27 March 1950 – 7 January 2026) was a Welsh professional football player and manager at both club and international level.

Yorath represented Leeds United, Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Vancouver Whitecaps, Bradford City, Swansea City and the Welsh national team. He later became a football manager for Bradford City, Swansea City, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as assistant at Huddersfield Town. Yorath also managed the Wales and Lebanon national teams.

Club career Early career Yorath was an apprentice at Leeds United, signing professional forms in 1967 at the age of 17; he made his debut against Burnley at Turf Moor on 11 May 1968. Alongside other Leeds midfield players of the time, such as Mick Bates and Terry Hibbitt, he found it difficult to establish himself ahead of Don Revie's preferred pairing of Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles.

Leeds United In the 1972–73 season, injuries and suspensions allowed Yorath to establish himself as a first team regular; his first season ended with two cup final runners-up medals. He was a substitute in the 1973 FA Cup Final, which Leeds lost 1–0 to Sunderland, and also appeared in the 1973 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, which Leeds lost in controversial circumstances to AC Milan. but again he ended up with a runners up medal as Leeds lost 2–0 to Bayern Munich in controversial circumstances. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in August 1979 for the sum of £300,000. Yorath's debut occurred on 18 August 1979 which was a Football League game against Middlesbrough in which Tottenham lost 3–1. In February 1981 he transferred to Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American Soccer League. He served as the captain of the Whitecaps for two seasons, before returning to the UK in 1982.

International career Yorath picked up the first of 59 Welsh caps in 1970 against Italy, He subsequently took up the manager's position at Swansea City in 1986 (making a single and final league appearance), and led the club to promotion from the Division Four to the Division Three at the end of the 1987–88 season.

In 1988, he was appointed part-time manager of Wales, and assumed control of team affairs in November of that year when manager Eddie May left the club. However, his time in the hotseat with the Bluebirds was brief, and he was sacked in March 1995. In April of the same year, Yorath took over as coach of the Lebanon national team, and helped them rise 60 places in the FIFA rankings before leaving in 1997. where his brother Dai and nephew Dean had both played. On 21 November 2008, he was appointed manager of the club after Barry Ashby was sacked; he resigned as Margate manager on 24 September 2009.

Personal life and death Yorath was the father of the television presenter Gabby Logan.

His autobiography, published in 2004, is titled Hard Man, Hard Knocks.

Yorath died on 7 January 2026, aged 75, following a short illness.

Honours Player Leeds United FA Cup runner-up: 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1972–73 European Cup runner-up: 1974–75

Lebanon Arab Games third place: 1997