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World Cup Winner 1966
1st Div League Championship1957 1st Div League Championship1965 1st Div League Championship1967 FA Cup 1963 European Footballer of the year 1966 |
Bobby Charlton
is without doubt one of the most famous English players of all time.
His name is synonymous with some of the greatest moments in the
English game but also with the highest traditions of sportsmanship
and integrity. Charlton, using his pace out of midfield and with
a thunderous shot, scored some of the most spectacular goals English
football has ever seen. Born in Ashington, Northumberland, he was signed by Manchester United aged just 17: he would go on to spend the next 17 years at Old Trafford.As one of the "Busby Babes" to survive the Munich Air Disaster he was in both the great United side of Duncan Edwards,Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor as well as the team of the Sixties featuring Denis Law and George Best that produced some of United's greatest ever football. Initially an inside-right, he switched to outside-left with England and finally became a deep-lying centre forward becoming renowned for his powerful shooting.To say that Bobby Charlton could hit a ball is the understatement of the century.Some of his famous long-range torpedos have gone down as all time classic goals for both England and United.In the 1966 World Cup he fired in two long range belters that sunk Portugal in the semi-final.While his 106 caps were eventually surpassed his total of 49 goals for England still remains a record to this day and is unlikely ever to be topped. |
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Alongside his pulverising shot, he had an ability for accurate long range passing ,was excellent in the air and had a devastating body swerve.Charlton was a man who had the game of football running through his veins,a natural born footballer. Before Munich,he was a goal-scorer up front however in the early 1960s he switched to left-wing were he was devastating.He later took on the role he became most known for, as a deep-lying play-maker which highlighted his skills to the full. Charlton scored 199 goals in 606 League games for United and helped them win the European Cup in 1968, in which he scored twice.There was also the FA Cup in 1963, and the Football League championship in 1957, 1965, and 1967.The sixties saw a glorious era when British football was in awe of Charlton, Law and Best.Three world class players who together helped make the legend that was Manchester United. He was in England's winning World Cup side in 1966 and his total of 106 caps (1958-1970) was an England record until passed by Bobby Moore in 1973. Having retired in 1973 he became manager of Preston North End, worked as director of Wigan Athletic, and in 1984 was appointed director of Manchester United. His brother, Jack Charlton, was also an England and Leeds United player and successful manager of the Republic of Ireland.He was awarded a CBE in 1974 and a knighthood in 1994. He now works as an ambassador for Manchester United and Englands 2006 World Cup bid. A true role model for any aspiring footballer, a modest man of great integrity, Bobby Charlton is respected throughout the world as one of England's greatest ever sportsmen.
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