Personal Life
Yorke has acquired a notorious reputation in the British press for being a serial womanizer. While at Manchester United he secretly videoed a drink-fuelled sex romp involving himself, the then Villa keeper Mark Bosnich and four girls at Bosnich's luxury house in Sutton Coldfield. Yorke has dated many glamour models and was once in a brief relationship with the British Page Three model Jordan, and has a son with her named Harvey who is blind and has autism. Yorke disputed paternity until Jordan's claims were proven by a DNA test. He also reportedly dated David Hasselhoff's current girlfriend Hayley for four months prior to her meeting Hasselhoff in 2011.
The Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago, constructed for the 2001 U-17 World Cup, was named in Yorke's honour. Yorke is a cricket fan. One of Yorke's closest friends is fellow countryman Brian Lara. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Yorke made regular appearances bringing on drinks for the West Indies cricket team. Yorke's older brother, Clint Yorke, is a former first class cricketer who has represented Trinidad and Tobago as an opening batsman.
Yorke featured extensively in an episode of Australia's The Biggest Loser TV show, which aired 28 February 2006. The episode involved Yorke coaching the "red team" of contestants while they competed against the "blue team" in a game of football. Mark Rudan, Yorke's Sydney FC team-mate, was the manager of the "blue team". For his contribution to the national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was made a Sports Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago. He released his autobiography in 2009 titled, "Born To Score".
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