FOOTBALL legend John Robertson left £170,000 to his family after his death last year, The Sun can reveal.
The European Cup-winning hero, who aged 72, passed the cash to widow Sheryl and daughter Elisabeth.
John Robertson with the European Cup after their 1-0 victory in the 1979 European Cup Final
Nottingham Forest celebrate with the European Cup
Documents seen by The Sun show his estate was worth £176,250 but reduced to £168,348 after taxes, debts and fees were settled.
He gave 75 per cent of the estate to his wife, and 25 per cent to his daughter Elisabeth.
Robertson’s other kids, Andrew and Mark, are not given anything in the will, and would have only got a slice of the estate if Sheryl had died before her great husband.
The will, penned in August 2010, was signed off by the High Court earlier this week.
Robertson was one of the greatest players ever to grace the City Ground, inspiring Brian Clough’s Forest to a league title, two European Cups and two League Cups.
He provided the cross from which scored a legendary diving header in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmo.
A year later, he scored the winner from outside the box as Forest retained the trophy with a 1-0 victory over Hamburg.
He earned 28 caps for and scored eight goals, one of which came at the 1982 World Cup against .
Robertson was born in , Scotland, and grew up as a supporter.
He spent 13 years at Forest before moving to rivals on a free transfer, only to return after two seasons.
In total, he made over 500 appearances for Forest, bagging 95 goals.
After hanging up his boots as a player he moved into coaching and became part of former team mate Martin O’Neill’s management group at Celtic.
Mourners including , and O’Neill attended Robertson’s earlier this year.
Forest paid tribute to their “greatest ever” in a heartfelt statement, which read: “A true great of our Club and a double European Cup winner, John’s unrivalled talent, humility and unwavering devotion to Nottingham Forest will never ever be forgotten.
Former Celtic striker , who was coached by Robertson, described him as a mentor.
He said: “Very sad news, John Robertson passing away.
“John was an incredible player, a genius, a legend, a sharp-witted, funny man, a great friend and mentor to me and we will all miss him greatly.”
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