{"id":60264,"date":"2024-05-03T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60264"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:54:01","slug":"tributes-have-been-made-to-the-former-sheffield-wednesday-player-ian-spider-mellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/tributes-have-been-made-to-the-former-sheffield-wednesday-player-ian-spider-mellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes have been made to the Former Sheffield Wednesday player Ian \u2018Spider\u2019 Mellor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Sheffield Wednesday player, Ian Mellor died earlier this week aged 74 and Sheffield Wednesday fans have shared their tributes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-980x551.webp 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the news, fans and sports lovers released tributes to the late Wednesday \u2018hero.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor\u2019s son, Neil also once played for Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Preston North End and has shared his tribute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cMy dad, my hero. I love you, thank you for everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are all absolutely devastated to have lost my Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My Dad \ud83d\udc94My Hero<br>I love you \ud83d\udc94 Thank you for everything <br><br>19\/02\/1950\ud83d\udc9401\/05\/2024<br><br>We are all absolutely devastated to have lost my Dad.<br>Big thanks to St Ann\u2019s Hospice and all their brilliant staff who helped during those last days as he battled so hard against amyloidosis \ud83d\ude4f\u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uxPDT6kp9E\">pic.twitter.com\/uxPDT6kp9E<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Neil Mellor (@NeilMellor33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilMellor33\/status\/1785572565026496916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Mellor&nbsp;played for the Owls from 1979, where he made a total of 79 appearances and scored 11 goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor scored the first goal in what became known as the \u2018Boxing Day Massacre\u2019, where the Owls won a four point lead over their Sheffield United neighbours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday said, \u201cThe owls are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former player Ian Mellor. Our thoughts are with Ian&#8217;s family and friends at this very difficult time. RIP spider.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nickname \u2018spider\u2019 was something he gained, during his earlier career as a striker at Brighton and Hove Albion FC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a name that remained with him due to his long legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ianmellor77-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ianmellor77-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ianmellor77-480x701.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 701px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Mellor had been battling amyloidosis, a rare disease that affects the organs causing them to not work as they should.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neil Mellor continued to pay tribute to his late father, and thanked St Ann\u2019s Hospice and their staff who helped during the last days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Mellor, a former Sheffield Wednesday player died earlier this week at the age of 74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":576,"featured_media":60274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,21,26],"tags":[15,38,158,131,40],"class_list":["post-60264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","category-sport","tag-news","tag-sheffield","tag-sheffield-wednesday","tag-south-yorkshire","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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