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Former Leeds United and Wales midfielder Terry Yorath has died at the age of 75 following a short illness.<\/b><\/p>\n
Yorath scored 11 goals in 199 appearances for Leeds, his first professional club, in a nine-year spell from 1967. <\/p>\n
He won the First Division title with Leeds in 1974 and earned a runners-up medal in the FA Cup, European Cup and Cup Winners Cup.<\/p>\n
He played 59 times for Wales, 42 as captain, before leading them to the brink of the 1994 World Cup finals as manager, only to see his team beaten 2-1 by Romania in their final qualifier.<\/p>\n
Yorath had spells as a player with Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Vancouver Whitecaps and Bradford City, before finishing his playing career with a solitary appearance for Swansea City.<\/p>\n
The father of BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan, Yorath was a player-coach of Bradford on the day of the Valley Parade fire in 1985, which killed 56 fans and injured 270. <\/p>\n
In addition to Gabby, Yorath had three other children – Daniel, Louise and Jordan. <\/p>\n
In 1992, Daniel died aged 15 from the genetic heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing football at home with his father.<\/p>\n
“To most he was a revered footballing hero, but to us he was dad; a quiet, kind and gentle man. Our hearts are broken but we take comfort knowing that he will be reunited with our brother, Daniel,” Yorath’s children said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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