Remembering 8 Manchester United players killed in Munich air disaster

At 3.04 pm on February 6, 1958, a plane carried by the Manchester United team home from the European Cup against the Red Star Belgrade collapsed from the end of the runway after a routine fuel stop in Munich, Germany.

The plane tried twice, but failed to take off in snow and icy conditions. The passengers disembarked and returned to the terminal building. At that moment, United players even talked about going home on the ground, but the plane was soon ready to board again.

There was a discomfort that a fateful third attempt began to take off and then the tragedy hit. Slush on the runway meant that the plane failed to collect enough speed and skipped through the perimeter fence at the airport and in the house on the other side of the road.

Eight players lost their life as a result, as well as coaches Bert Whalley and Tom Curry, club secretary Walter Crickmer and eight journalists – Alf Clarke, Donny Davies, George Fords, Tom Jackson, Archie Ledbrooke, Henry Rose, Eric Thompson and former Manchester city goalkeeper Frank Swift.

Captain of the Ken Rayment aircraft, a member of Tom Cable crew, passenger agent Bela Miklos and Willie Satinoff’s fan also lost their lives.

Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower survived, but were so badly injured that they never played football again, while legendary manager Matt Busby spent more than two months in a hospital in Germany and twice received the last rites before recovering .

The team dominated English football in the previous two seasons, winning two first division titles and was traces for English clubs in the European competition.

Busby blamed himself for the tragedy and thought about giving up because he personally defied the football federation and pushed the club in competitive abroad. In the end, they crucially persuaded him to remain in charge, not to give up the European dream and to respect Pale.

The new team rose from the ashes, but those lost of Munich will forever remember.

The least known among tragic fatalities, Geoff Bent was born and grew up in a nearby Salford. He never played for any other club, but at the age of replacement, only 12 appearances were killed in United in United in United.

The complete back was joined by the club Old Trafford as a trainee after leaving the school in 1948, turning to professional three years later. Bent made his debut in the league match against Burnley in 1954, but spent most of his time in United playing the second Fiddle to the immobile captain of the Roger Byrne club.

Known as fierce accessories, Bent spent months leading to his premature death, breastfeeding a broken FO and, only recently, a trip with a team made as an additional title, which ultimately proved to be unnecessary.

Mark Jones was originally from Yorkshire, but joined United as a trainee at his 15th birthday in 1948, and made his professional debut debut just over two years later.

Jones had to wait a little longer because of his real chance, serving as a capable substrate in the central half to make Captain Allenby Chilton at the time, as the club won the first league title in more than 40 years in 1952.

Until 1955, the “hard attacker” defender was regular on the team and barely missed the game as United sealed Back to Back League 1956 and 1957. At the time of his death, Jones was only 24 years old, but he was already 24 years old, but he was already 24 years old, but he had already made 120 appearances in all competitions and knocked on the door of England.

Another Yorkshireman, David Pegg, Matt Busby and United left school in 1950. At that time, England had already called at the Schoolboy level, was one of the most sought after talents in the country.

He yelled at United at a gentle age of 17 against Middlesbrough in 1952 and immediately became regular by the end of the season. The incision and unpredictable left wing player, Pegg later firmly established himself in the first team at the beginning of the 1955/56 season and continued to play a key role in consecutive campaigns of the title victory.

It began in 1957/58 in similar form. However, at the time of the collision, Peg lost a place in the team to Albert Scanlon and only traveled to Yugoslavia as a reserve for the match. He was 22 when he died.

One of the great characters in the team, Eddie Colman was one of UnitedThe most reliable and extroverted individuals despite its relative youth. The plucky wing was born in Salford in 1936, and captain of the club junior team to glory to FA Youth Cup in 1955.

Colman debated the first team a few months later, while still in his teenage years, and the player was nicknamed the “snake” quickly made a T -shirt no. 4 his own and never looked back.

He was skilled at the ball, but he also had a blank and persistent side in his game, and his efforts were crucial to the titles back in 1956 and 1957. After celebrating his 21st birthday only three months earlier, Colman was The youngest player who failed in Munich, but already played more than 100 times for United.

United noticed a teenager Liam Whelan, who played for a home farm in Dublin in 1953 and quickly reported it. The clinical striker, he was unusually polished and graceful for such a young player and succeeded in 52 goals in less than 100 united appearances by the moment of his death.

Usually regular in the team, at the beginning of the 1957/58 season. Whena’s place on the team began threatening young Bobby Charlton and did not play in Belgrade in Belgrade despite his trip.

It is well known that the young Irish international was a nervous leaflet, and before boarding a plane in Germany, he said for the final time, “If this is time, then I’m ready.” He was only 22 years old.

Tommy Taylor

Still considering one of United’s biggest attackers, Tommy Taylor was one of the few players on the team Matt Busby bought from another professional club. The manager was known to 29,999 pounds to buy a 21-year-old central forward from Barsley in 1953, the then record fee for the club at the time.

Taylor was a immediate hit, although he withstanding a difficult upbringing and was actually forced to leave football briefly during his early teenage years while working at Kutiery in his native Yorkshire.

He was known for his speed, strong shooting and excellent air capacity, and as a result he found a net with a frightening regularity. Taylor was United’s top scorer during three of the only four full season at Old Trafford, reaching a total of 128 times. It also boasts a record record of 16 goals in 19 caps. He was 26 when he died.

Roger Byrne

Left foreign Roger Byrne was a great United captain, and in the age of 28 he was at the height of his powers when he was killed in Munich. The versatile player to demonstrate the incredible work ethics and football intelligence, Byrne is widely announced as the first ‘Busby Babe’.

He joined United’s young men in 1949 at the age of 20, and he was handed a professional debut against Liverpool in 1951. Since then, he has played almost every game until his premature death, and was one of only two players who were part of all three United league in the 1950s.

Byrne, like Taylor, was an established international player and is often speculated that the duo, along with Duncan Edwards, survived, England may have caused the 1958 World Cup in Sweden a few months later.

Often described as the biggest talent of English football, Duncan Edwards was already a star at the age of only 16, and Bobby Charlton remembered his former teammate as “the only player who ever felt inferior.”

Matt Busby became aware of Edwards for the first time while playing for the school team in Dudley, and arrived at Old Trafford as a trainee in 1952. Within a year, he became the youngest person ever played in the top flight of English football.

A powerful but skilled player, by nature he was half a return, but he was equally comfortable in almost every position on the field, and soon an established English international. By the time of his death at the age of 21Edwards had already played close to 200 total united games, scored 21 goal and had 18 caps for his country.

Of the eight players who lost their lives as a result of a disaster, Edwards was the only one who survived the fall itself. But he could not recover from more serious injuries and died at a hospital in Germany 15 days later.

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