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Duncan Edwards
Sign in to saveEnglish footballer (1936-1958)
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Duncan
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dudley
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- England
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- DuncanEdwards1.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Duncan Edwards
- date of birth
- 1936-10-01
- date of death
- 1958-02-21
- Commons gallery
- Duncan Edwards
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- name in native language
- Duncan Edwards
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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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