Gary Shaw (footballer, born 1961)

Gary Shaw
Shaw in 1982
Personal information
Full name Gary Robert Shaw[1]
Date of birth (1961-01-21)21 January 1961
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 16 September 2024(2024-09-16) (aged 63)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1977–1978 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1988 Aston Villa 165 (59)
1987Blackpool (loan) 6 (0)
1988 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 14 (4)
1988–1990 SK Austria Klagenfurt 9 (7)
1990 Walsall 9 (3)
1990 Kilmarnock 2 (0)
1990–1991 Shrewsbury Town 22 (5)
1991–1992 Ernest Borel
Total 218 (71)
International career
1978–1979 England Youth 9 (4)
1981–1982 England U21 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Gary Shaw (left) with Tony Morley and Peter Withe after winning the 1982 European Cup on 26 May

Gary Robert Shaw (21 January 1961 – 16 September 2024) was an English professional football striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980s.

  1. ^ "Gary Shaw". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 54. ISBN 0362020175.