Aston Villa legend Gary Shaw left almost £ 300,000 to his family after dying 63 years last year without writing a will.
The former Villa striker that won the European Cup in 1982 is generally considered one of the largest players of the club ever and died last year after a 'serious' head injury when he hit his head on a sidewalk.
After a night out, Shaw stepped out of a taxi in the Jamhuis van Birmingham when he hit his head before he soon discovered that on the street on September 6 collapsed on the street.
He died ten days later after his condition deteriorated.
The 63-year-old was never married or children and had not written a will at the time of his death, which means that a grant of administration letters was requested and was released on Monday.
The document, also known as a Probate, means that the most 'just' person can register to become the manager of the estate of a deceased person if they had not made their wishes clear before they died.
The issue of this document showed that the gross value of his estate was £ 297,670, reduced to a net value of £ 287,027, which will be managed by a lawyer for Michael Measey – considered one of Shaw's friends or family members.
Gary Shaw (shown in action for Aston Villa in 1982) died last year at the age of 63, ten days after he hit his head on a curb after a night out in Birmingham
The 63-year-old was never married or had children and had not written a will at the time of his death, which means
The document, also known as a Probate, revealed that the gross value of the Shaw estate (shown, left) was £ 297.670, reduced to a net value of £ 287.027
When Shaw was in Villa in his heyday, between 1978 and 1988, the average wage for a top player was around £ 57,000 a year, or £ 1,096 per week.
Today, the Shaw estate is worth less than the weekly wage of the newest signing of the January -loan of Villa, Marcus Rashford, who earns a reported £ 300,000 a week.
Shaw died on the evening, he was placed in a taxi by his friends on 6 September around 1.30 am.
'At 1.30 am he was placed in a taxi by friends. I can confirm that he had consumed a quantity of alcohol, “said Philip Cutler, Shaw's brother -in -law in a statement.
“However, some time after he got out of the taxi, fell and his head hit on the sidewalk and was made unconscious.
“It was somewhere between 2 a.m. and 3 o'clock he found and an ambulance was called.”
Fans flowed to Villa Park to express their respect at the former Villa striker, which is considered one of the largest players in the club and won the European Cup in 1982
A Rourner is wearing an Aston Villa shirt worn by Gary Shaw, while the funeral procession for the former villa player last year passes the fan zone in Villa Park
When Shaw was in Villa in his heyday, between 1978 and 1988, the average wage for a top player was around £ 57,000 a year, or £ 1,096 per week
A doctor said that Shaw had sustained an extensive and diffuse head injury and that no surgical intervention was possible.
He was stabilized and turned on the critical care department. He had a CT scan on September 9, showing a deterioration in the brain and he died on September 16.
The doctor added that Shaw's death was the result of a serious head injury due to a fall and that hypertension was a contributing factor.
A toxicological report showed that the former player had an alcohol reading of 221 milligrams per 100 milliliters.
Shaw, originally graduated from Villa Academy, scored three goals on the way to their European Cup final against Bayern Munich in Rotterdam and scored 18 times for the club during their title from March to the first division in 1981.
He scored 79 times in 213 games for his boys 'club, played for England Under 21s, was named the Professional Football players' Association Young Player of the Year in 1981 and won the European Young Player of the Year in 1982.
Shaw also played for Blackpool, Walsall, Kilmarnock and Shrewsbury Town.
