The Full Morty: Dennis Mortimer

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We have carried out private and public autograph signings with many sports stars covering football, boxing, rugby, motorsport and film. Tireless midfielder who covered the space behind Gordon Cowans, he is remembered also by his insertion capacity and personality. He was in the dressing room for the most successful period in the club's history, but was frozen out by the chairman before his eventual exit.

We do not accept requests for autographs, signed merchandise, fan mail, birthday messages or any other non-commercial contact with the speakers or acts.He became a journalist in 1994, writing predominantly on Warwickshire CCC and Aston Villa for Midlands newspapers. Having made more than 590 appearances and nearing 50 league goals to his name, Dennis established himself as a prolific footballer whilst on the pitch. In this print from Memory Lane Prints, we are transported back to the glorious moment when Dennis Mortimer, the esteemed captain of Aston Villa, proudly held up the European Cup on 8th August 1979. The "Detailed stats" tab shows a player's total appearances, goals, cards and cumulative minutes of play for each competition, and indicates the season in which it occurred. If you would like a personal dedication please use the box above and enter the name you would like it making out to.

Captured in 1980, Dennis beams with pride as his beautiful wife Janis presents him with their precious son weighing a healthy 6lb 4oz.With his firm grip on the coveted trophy, Mortimer surprises us by holding a camera in his other hand. We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading. Dennis Mortimer became Aston Villa's most famous captain when he lifted the Lions' first League Championship trophy in 71 years. Mortimer was capped by England at youth [7] and under-23 level [8] and captained England B, [9] [10] but was never capped for the full England team. The nostalgic charm of this print takes us back to the vibrant atmosphere of the 1980s when Aston Villa reigned supreme.

After signing for Coventry City as a teenager in the late 1960s, Mortimer lined up against such legends as Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Franz Beckenbauer and George Best. We proudly host a wide selection of collectables including framed photographs, football boots, and Captain’s armbands featuring authentic autographs from Dennis Mortimer.That was in 1981, and he achieved a European Cup win the following year, but his time at the club ended controversially. The captain of the Aston Villa team that claimed victory over Bayern Munich at the 1982 European Cup Final, Dennis also displayed his incredible skills as a leader and set himself up to be a standout figure of the clubs history. Comics used to feature snotty-nosed kids from back-to-backs taking on and, against all odds, beating posh Henrys who pronounced their 'aitches' and came from homes with inside lavatories. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. As a football speaker and commentator Dennis Mortimer can be heard on Aston Villa’s official radio station, whilst his comments and quotes from his presentations as a sports speaker are often printed in national and regional newspapers.

He wrote on international cricket for organisations such as Reuters, the Associated Press, The Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Star Sunday before starting his own sports management company, Big Star Creations. He joined Villa in 1975, going onto Captain the team in the 1982 European Cup final, which they went onto win 1-0 again Bayern Munich.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link. After the game, Mortimer swapped his match shirt with an unknown Bayern player and has since attempted to recover it. The gripping memoir and tell-all biography of Dennis Mortimer, including his decade at Villa and the team’s European Cup win. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.