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Club:
Reservoir-Lakeside Debut: 1977 D.O.B:
23/7/60 Height:
170cm Weight: 80kg CFC Games: 313 Career Games: 313 Career Goals: 153 Career Span: 1977 - 1994
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HONOURS -
1978 Reserves Best and Fairest
1984, 1990 Copeland Trophy Winner
1981 3rd Copeland Trophy
1983, 1989 Most Courageous Player
1985 Best Team Man
1986 Most Determined Player
1986. 1987 Special Trophy for services to the club
1985, 1986 Deputy Vice Captain
1987-93 Club Captain
1990 Norm Smith Medal
1990 Life Member
1990 Premiership
All Time Collingwood Game Record: 313
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CREDITS -
Joel
NICK'S PAYS TRIBUTE TO TONY SHAW
TONY SHAW Collingwood Immortal
- By Joel
TONY
SHAW
Anthony ‘Tony’ Shaw became a Collingwood immortal
after leading the 1990 Magpie side to victory over Essendon
in the Grand Final. It was an historic and drought-breaking
win. He epitomised Collingwood from the very beginning, and
his never die attitude ensured that he would become a Collingwood
great.
Shaw
joined the Collingwood Football Cub after playing for Reservoir-Lakeside.
However, his ascendancy to become captain of the greatest football
club in the land nearly did not happen. Shaw had to overcome
several obstacles even before his career had really started.
Shaw was told early in his career that he was too slow, could
not kick, and that he would never be good enough to make it
at the top level. However, Shaw would go on to become the first
captain in 32 years to lead a Collingwood team to victory in
a Grand Final. Not only that, but he also become the games record
holder for the black and white, with 313 games. He proved his
critics to be very wrong.
Shaw had a great ball winning ability, fantastic endurance,
and very sure hands. His sure hands made him a very effective
handballer, while his fantastic endurance meant that he could
run all day. Coupled with his awesome courage, this made Shaw
a very good footballer.
Shaw showed his critics to be wrong, time and time again. Including
when he won the 1978 Reserves Best and Fairest Award. The first
time Tony Shaw proved his quality at senior level was when he
won his first Copeland Trophy in 1984, following on from his
brother Ray, who won the award in 1978. This was to be the first
of two Copeland Trophies that Shaw would win throughout his
career.
Shaw
joined the Collingwood Football Cub after playing for Reservoir-Lakeside.
However, his ascendancy to become captain of the greatest football
club in the land nearly did not happen. Shaw had to overcome
several obstacles even before his career had really started.
