ORMSKIRK born Aston Villa and England international Tony Morley is pictured receiving BRMB Radio Listeners' Midland Sports Personality of the Year in April 1982.
A skilful winger, Morley enjoyed the best days of his career at Villa Park. He was seen as a wayward genius but was moulded by manager Ron Saunders into one of the most dangerous players around.
He was famed for scoring spectacular goals, in particular one against Everton at Goodison Park
which won him the Goal of the Season award in 1981.
He was a vital part of the Villa side that won the League Championship in 1980-1 and the European Cup the year after, setting up Kirkby-born Peter Withe to score the only goal in the final agianst Bayern Munich. His full Villa record was 170 appearances and 34 goals.
Morley won six caps for England, but his career fell into decline after not being picked for any of their games at the 1982 World Cup.
(Watch Tony Morley score his wonder goal for Aston Villa against Everton in 1981, courtesy of YouTube. It's around 1m 30s into this clip. Just click on the image and it should play without you leaving this page)
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