£50,000 - £70,000
Gary Robert Shaw (1961-2024) Aston Villa Medal Collection - A truly remarkable, historical and unique set of football medals and awards, to arguably the most decorated player in Aston Villa's history. The medals and awards include: 1982 European Cup Winners medal. 1982 European Super Cup Winners medal. 1981 Football League Championship Division 1 Winners Gold medal in case. 1982 Bravo Award Medal. 1980 Young Player of the Year Trophy. 1982 European Cup Winners medal in case awarded to Shaw following Aston Villas' 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich at the De Kuip Stadium, Rotterdam. The obverse embossed 'UEFA', the reverse 'Coupes des Clubs Champions Europeans, 1982', 32mm dia approx. 1980/81 Football League Championship 9ct Gold medal awarded to Shaw. The obverse with enamelled emblem, embossed 'Football League Championship Division 1 Winners', the reverse engraved 'Season 1980/81', hallmarked 'V&S', 32mm dia approx., comes with Vaughtons Ltd, The Football League case. Aston Villa for the first time since 1910 winning the league and doing so with only using 14 players. 1982 European Super Cup Winners medal in case and awarded to Shaw. The obverse embossed 'UEFA', the reverse 'Super Competition 1982', 32mm dia approx. Aston Villa as European Cup winners played against Barcelona who won the Cup Winners Cup. The first leg being played at the Nou Camp where Barcelona were 1-0 victors before Aston Villa winning the Super Cup with the return leg at Villa Park. After extra time Villa won 3-1 on aggregate, with Shaw Number 8 scoring first at 80mins. 1982 Bravo Award medal with 0.25 carat diamond embedded into medal awarded to Shaw, engraved to the obverse 'Guerin Sportivo, Bravo 82', measures 2.5 x 5.5cm approx. Annual award handed out by Guerin Sportivo (Italian Magazine) to the most outstanding Young European footballer. There were 38 awards from 1978 until the award discontinued in 2015. Shaw was just one of four Englishmen to win this award with other notable winners such as Marco Van Basten, Roberto Baggio, Pep Guardiola, Ryan Giggs, Alessandro Del Piero, Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. 1980/81 PFA Young Player of the Year Trophy Awarded to Shaw. First awarded in the 1973/74 season, Shaw received the award following the 1980/81 campaign. The award is still running today and has been won by various notable players such as Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and most recently Cole Palmer. Decoratively presented, standing at approx. 43cm tall with football figure at top, width at base 27cm approx, with centrally attached 'Professional Footballers Association' medallion, with engraving above and below 'Young Player Of the Year 1980', and plaque to base 'G R Shaw Aston Villa FC'
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