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Bobby Charlton, 20 at the time of the crash, retired from playing in 1975. He had left Manchester United two years earlier, and had continued playing as a player-manager of Preston North End. As a player, he set the all-time goalscoring record for Manchester United and England.
Oct 21, 2023 · A key member of the Busby Babes and a survivor of the Munich air crash of 1958, a wonderful 17-year career at Manchester United dovetailed with a remarkable time with England, which peaked with...
Oct 25, 2023 · Charlton survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, which killed several of his teammates, dubbed the Busby Babes. He became a crucial figure in the club's resurgence, winning two league titles...
May 18, 2023 · Naturally, spirits were high coming off such a magnificent victory and the team made the arduous journey behind the iron curtain to Belgrade. In freezing conditions, Bobby Charlton excelled and his goals earned United a 3-3 draw, enough to see them safely through to the semi-final against AC Milan. Bobby Charlton
Sep 18, 2019 · It was a fitting tribute to the Busby Babe who had served Manchester United loyally since making his debut versus Charlton Athletic at Old Trafford on 6 October 1956, just five days short of celebrating his 19th birthday. United won the First Division game 4-2 with the teenage Charlton scoring twice.
Charlton and Foulkes were bonded together as members of the "Busby Babes." The Old Trafford at which they arrived was not the impregnable citadel it became. The club was undergoing a transformation fashioned by Matt Busby, that most illustrious of soccer managers.
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Busby described Edwards as the 'most complete footballer in Britain—if not the world' (Taylor, 131), while his team-mate Bobby Charlton once said that 'compared to Duncan, the rest of us are just like pygmies. He had the lot' (ibid., 10).
