27 Mar 1950 - 8 Jan 2026 (75 years)

Terence Charles Yorath 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.

Yorath was the father of the television presenter Gabby Logan. His eldest son, Daniel, died aged 15 from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after playing football with Yorath in their back garden in 1992.

Yorath's autobiography, published in 2004, is titled Hard Man, Hard Knocks.

On 8 January 2026, it was announced that Yorath had died following a short illness. His daughter, Gabby, had been presenting Match of the Day live on the previous evening but was replaced mid broadcast by Mark Chapman, who noted Logan had had to attend a "family emergency".