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Oct 01, 1936 Dudley, England, United Kingdom Died on 21 Feb 1958 (aged 21)
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About Duncan Edwards
- Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played 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.
- 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. Born in Woodside, Dudley, Edwards signed for Manchester United as a teenager and went on to become the youngest player to play in the Football League First Division and at the time the youngest England player since the Second World War, going on to play 18 times for his country at top level.
- In a professional career of less than five years he helped United to win two Football League championships and two FA Charity Shields, and reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.
