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English footballer (1936-1958)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1969-08-20
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Key facts

Full name
Duncan Edwards
Date of birth
( 1936-10-01 ) 1 October 1936
Place of birth
Woodside, Dudley , England
Date of death
21 February 1958 (1958-02-21) (aged 21)
Place of death
Munich , West Germany
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position
Left half
1952 1953
Manchester United
Years
Team
1953 1958
Manchester United
1949 1952
England Schoolboys
1954 1957
England U23
1953 1954
England B
1955 1957
England

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. One of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster, he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital two weeks later. Many of his contemporaries have described him as one of the best, if not the best, players with whom they had played.

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