Former Aston Villa striker Gary Shaw has died on the age of 63, the membership have introduced.
Shaw was a member of the Villa aspect that received the First Division title in 1981 and the European Cup the next yr.
The ahead, who additionally had spells with Blackpool, Walsall, Kilmarnock and Shrewsbury, had been in hospital after struggling a head damage in a latest fall.
A Villa assertion learn: “Aston Villa Soccer Membership is deeply shocked and profoundly saddened to study that Gary Shaw, one among our European Cup-winning heroes, has handed away.
“Gary was one among our personal, a gifted striker who delighted supporters together with his goalscoring exploits which helped fireplace Villa to success within the Eighties. Particular person accolades would additionally comply with for a participant who was idolised by many on the terraces.
“He handed away peacefully earlier right now surrounded by his household, who requested Aston Villa to launch a press release on their behalf.
“The ideas of everybody on the membership are with Gary’s household and family members at this extraordinarily troublesome time.”
Gary Shaw pictured with Aston Villa team-mate Peter Withe at Villa Park in 1981
Solihull-born Shaw joined Villa as an apprentice and went on to attain 79 occasions in 213 appearances, together with 20 of their title-winning marketing campaign, after which he was named PFA Younger Participant of the 12 months.
He was then an vital a part of the workforce that received the European Cup with victory over Bayern Munich within the last in 1982. Shaw scored three objectives within the competitors together with a quarter-final strike towards Dynamo Kyiv.
He left Villa in 1988 together with his profession additionally taking him to Denmark, Austria and Hong Kong earlier than he retired in 1992. He later labored as a statistical analyst and was a matchday ambassador for Villa.
