Gary Shaw, who has died following a fall aged 63, was a lavishly talented but injury-blighted English footballer who made a dazzling contribution to Aston Villa’s triumphs of the early 1980s when they lifted the European Cup 12 months after becoming English champions.

Former Aston Villa striker Gary Shaw, one of their European Cup-winning players in 1982, has died at the age of 63, the Premier League club said on Monday.

Gary Shaw, an Aston Villa legend and one of the club’s celebrated European Cup winners, has died at the age of 63. Villa confirmed in a statement released on behalf of his family that Shaw had passed away earlier on Monday. It was reported last week that Shaw was in a serious condition in hospital after falling and sustaining a head injury.