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Originally Posted by Hamilton Pathetic
Johnny Berry survived the 1958 Munich air disaster, but his career as a footballer did not. The injuries he received in the crash, four months before his 32nd birthday, consigned to memory his nimble play on Manchester United's right flank as a seasoned professional in a team of prodigious fledglings. (Extract from his obituary in The Guardian 23 Sept 1994. Died16 Sept)
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Really worthy of a watch is a documentary about the disaster including a prolonged interview with one of the survivors Sir Bobby Charlton - a broken man who showed extreme dignity and humility repeatedly questioning why he survived and so many others perished - I think it must haunt him to this day.
Sir Matt Busby survived but was in hospital for some time afterwards on the touch and go list.
Haunting to think those players were playing against Wrexham infront of such a big crowd for us and didn't know what was soon to follow.
Duncan Edwards was extremely highly rated - a future superstar of the game, if only ?