Stan Collymore has paid an emotional tribute to Gary Shaw, whose dying was introduced at present, describing the previous Aston Villa striker as a “actual life superhero”.
Shaw handed away on the age of 63 after struggling head accidents in a fall at dwelling.
He’s greatest remembered for scoring 18 objectives as Villa received the league in 1981 and forming a deadly strike partnership with Peter Withe because the membership went on to win the European Cup 12 months later.
Collymore, who grew up a Villa fan, wrote on X: “Pricey Gaz.
“I wished to play soccer due to you. I like Villa due to you.
“After I was 11 I requested my Mother if I might have a blonde wedge due to you. Her wry “I don’t assume we are able to do this, Son” will stick with me as certainly one of my abiding reminiscences of her, too.
“You have been an actual life superhero.
Pricey Gaz
I wished to play soccer due to you.
I like Villa due to you.
After I was 11 I requested my Mother if I might have a blonde wedge due to you( 😂). Her wry “I don’t assume we are able to do this, Son” will stick with me as certainly one of my abiding reminiscences of her, too.
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— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) September 16, 2024
“I want I’d have accomplished extra over time to befriend you, you already know. I so want I’d have been in a position to elaborate why you have been and are so particular and to inform you that a lot extra usually than I did.
“You made just a little boy dream huge, fall in love with you, our membership and the attractive recreation. You have been my hero on the pitch however most significantly my hero off it. The loveliest of males.
“Relaxation in peace, ledge.
“All of my heroes are Villans.”
