He was then sold to the Balmain Tigers along with fellow Redcliffe and aboriginal player Arthur Beetson for a fee of about 1,500 pounds[2] each.
According to Beetson in his autobiography, Yow Yeh was of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander descent.
He will be remembered for being involved in a great covering tackle by Canterbury fullback Les Johns at the Sydney Sports Ground also in 1966.
Arthur Beetson wrote of Yow Yeh: "he couldn't live with the white man, a hatred inspired by the attitudes of some.
Beetson has "always been suspicious" about the circumstances and considers it "another Aboriginal death in custody" where the true real story will never be revealed.