TEENAGE frontman David Shaw was the talk of the Town after toppling Fulham.
But it needed a transfer away from his home club for his career to really flourish.
Never able to tie down a regular berth at Leeds Road, where he first signed as an amateur in 1965 and turned professional in 1967, he netted just three times in 27 appearances.
Things weren't helped by a couple of nasty injuries - a damaged scalp artery caused by a clash of heads and a troublesome knee problem suffered soon after his return.
Town's signing of Brian Greenhalgh from Leicester in the summer of 1969 suggested Shaw wasn't in manager Ian Greaves's plans, and within two months, he had joined Oldham in part exchange for winger Les Chapman (the Latics also received £35,000).
While Chapman proved a more-than-useful capture for Town, so did Shaw for Oldham.
He netted 69 goals in 155 matches, helping the Lancastrians win promotion from Division III in 1970-71, when he notched 24.
Liverpool were interested, only for Bill Shankly to pull out of a proposed deal when he was informed Shaw was short-sighted!
The player still made the top flight, thanks to a £77,000 switch to West Brom on deadline day 1973.
Albion were on the slide (they were relegated from Division I that season) and Shaw never really settled at The Hawthorns, although he did manage 20 goals in 90 games, many of them after coming off the bench.
He returned to Oldham for a second spell on a free transfer in December 1975.
He added 21 more goals in 55 games before another knee injury forced his retirement in 1978.
A highly popular figure at Boundary Park, Shaw was awarded a testimonial against Blackburn soon after retiring.
He later worked in engineering and as a pub landlord.
