Busby Babes
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The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players who progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under Sir Matt Busby's management. The term, supposedly coined by Manchester Evening News journalist Tom Jackson, usually refers to players who joined the first team in the late 1940s and the 1950s, rather than later arrivals such as George Best.
Eight of the Busby Babes died in the Munich air disaster in 1958. The last remaining player from the pre-Munich side, Bobby Charlton, retired from playing in 1972.
List of some of the Busby Babes
- Geoff Bent
- Jackie Blanchflower
- Roger Byrne
- Bobby Charlton
- Eddie Colman
- Duncan Edwards
- Bill Foulkes
- Mark Jones
- Wilf McGuinness
- David Pegg
- Albert Scanlon
- Tommy Taylor
- Dennis Viollet
- Liam Whelan
See also
| Manchester United Football Club |
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| Manchester United F.C. |
| pre-1945 | 1945-1969 | 1969-1986 | 1986-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-present |
| Busby Babes > Munich air disaster |
| Old Trafford | Stretford End | Manchester derby |
| Glazer takeover |
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