A collection of Emlyn Hughes memorabilia from his playing days at Liverpool is being sold at auction on 2 November at the Hope Street Hotel in Liverpool. The 240 lots have an estimated total value of £500,000.

Hughes spent 12 years at Liverpool, making 665 appearances for the club. He won four league titles, the FA Cup, and both European trophies twice during his time at the Reds. Hughes died in 2004 aged 57.

What is being sold

The collection includes match-worn shirts, medals, and tracksuits from Hughes's playing career. His 1977 European Cup winners medal has a guide price of between £40,000 and £60,000.

Items also include shirts and a tracksuit from the 1977 European Cup Final. The collection features shirts Hughes kept after swapping with fellow legends including Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, George Best and Sir Kenny Dalglish. There are also jerseys from one-off matches in the 1980s and 1990s.

Hughes's career at Liverpool

Nicknamed Crazy Horse, Hughes was signed for Liverpool by manager Bill Shankly from Blackpool in 1967. He helped the Reds to the First Division title in 1973 as part of a team that also included Kevin Keegan, Ray Clemence and John Toshack.

Hughes captained Liverpool to the FA Cup and went on to lead the side to three more league titles. He remains the team's only captain to lift the European Cup twice, in 1977 and 1978. He also played in the sides that won the UEFA Cup in 1973 and 1976.

Hughes won the majority of his 62 England caps while at Liverpool, captaining the national side on 23 occasions and scoring one goal.

He left Liverpool to join Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1979 and later signed for Rotherham United, Hull City, Mansfield Town and Swansea City. Away from playing, Hughes became a popular team captain on the BBC's A Question of Sport programme.

Family's involvement

The collection is being sold by Hughes's family. His son Emlyn Hughes Jnr and daughter Emma Lynn have helped to catalogue the sale.

Hughes Jnr said: "To me and Emma, he was Dad. To see all of this and to see how everyone who's seen it so far just being blown away is just great. There's some nice memories here. I was born in 1976 so I was just a bit too young to remember him playing. There are so many iconic shirts and we're lucky to say he was our dad."

Lynn said she had been "really blown away". "It's been folded up in boxes for many years so to actually see it all laid out is quite incredible," she said. "I don't think you appreciate it until we got a bit older to really understand what he did achieve."

The live auction takes place at the Hope Street Hotel in Liverpool on 2 November.