| Bailey,
Gary
Gary
Bailey,whose father was also a goalkeeper kept nets for United
from 1978-87.He was a fine keeper able to pull off magnificent
saves but he was also prone to the odd blunder, usually from
crosses.He won two FA Cup medals in 1983 and 1985 before a
knee injury forced him out of the United side in 87 in favour
of Jim Leighton.
| | Nationality | | England | | Date of Birth | | 9/8/1958 | | Appearances | | 375 | | Goals Scored | | 0 |
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| Berry,
Johnny
An excellent crosser
of the ball,with a powerful Johnny
Berry was a speedy right winger with excellent ball control,
who won three League Championship medals: 1953,56, and 57.Berry
was one of only two players left in the side from the Championship
winning team of 1952 when United triumphed in the 1956-57
season and was an F.A. Cup finalist in 1957. He also gained
four England caps.The Munich air crash meant he never played
again, such was the severity of his injuries.
| | Nationality | | England | | Date of Birth | | 1/6/1926 | | Appearances | | 273 | | Goals Scored | | 44 |
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Best, George
| Blanchflower,
Jackie
A
midfielder, Jackie Blanchflower was an original Busby Babe.
At inside right he won a League title medal in the 1955-56
season and in the 1957 F.A. Cup final found himself in goal
in United's 2-1 defeat to Villa.He helped Northern Ireland
to their first ever victory over Italy in 1958 however the
injuries sustained in the Munich air crash meant that he never
played again.
| | Nationality | | Northern Ireland | | Date of Birth | | 7/3/1933 | | Appearances | | 117 (27) | | Goals Scored | | 27 |
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Bruce,
Steve
| Buchan,
Martin
Buchan
cost a record £125,000 but was worth every penny.The
Aberdeen man must go down as one of United's greatest captains,
a cool, classy defender and great leader.He saw the club through
the bad times of relegation and the good times of winning
the 1977 FA Cup in which he was exceptional in the final versus
Liverpool in United's 2-1 victory.
| | Nationality | | Scotland | | Date of Birth | | 6/3/1949 | | Appearances | | 458 | | Goals Scored | | 4 |
|
Busby,
Sir Matt
Busby Babes
In 1953 Sir Matt
Busby replaced most of his first team players with bright exciting
young players and the legendary Busby Babes were born.A team of
mainly youngsters took the league by storm and brought a breath
of optimistic fresh air to austere post-war England. With such great
talents as BobbyCharlton,
DuncanEdwards,
Eddie Colman,Dennis
Viollet,Tommy
Taylor,Bill
Foulkes and Jackie Blanchflower,they
were exciting, brilliant and devastating.Two League titles followed
in 1956, and 1957, and the visionary Busby entered United into the
European Champions Cup. After returning home from a Euro game against
Red Star Belgrade in 1958 tragedy struck when an air crash at Munich
killed many of the aircraft's passengers, including eight of the
players,and severely injured Busby. The team had been almost wiped
out, the Busby Babes gone and the world was forever robbed of great
players like Edwards and Taylor.
The team that lined
up at Munich was: Gregg, Foulkes, Byrne, Edwards, Jones, Colman,
Morgans,Charlton, Taylor, Viollet and Scanlon, while other squad
members were Blanchflower,Bent, Pegg, Whelan, Wood and Berry.Edwards,
Byrne,Colman, Bent, Jones, Pegg,Taylor
and Whelan died in the crash, while, of the survivors Berry and
Blanchflower would never play football again.
Picture: The Busby Babes before final game
Report: The story of
the Munich Air Disaster
| Byrne,
Roger
Roger Byrne was a left full-back at United from 1951-58. An inspirational leader he was the great Captain of the famous Busby Babes.
Although slighty older than the rest of the babes, he took
over as Captain from Johnny
Carey.He was one of the new generation brought in by Busby,
fast, strong and always in control often using his speed to allow him to come up the wings and participate in attacks.He led United to the League
title in 1956 and 57 and played for England 33 times.He was tragically killed
at Munich in 1958 two days before his 29th birthday.
| | Nationality | | England | | Date of Birth | | 8/2/1929 | | Appearances | | 280 | | Goals Scored | | 20 |
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