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Duncan Edwards

English footballer (1936-1958)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1936-10-01
Died: 1958-02-21
Works: 62

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Kensington and Chelsea in Old Picture Postcards
Catch That Kitten!
The Old House
Winston Was Worried
Bravo, Livingstone Mouse!

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1969-08-20

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Listeners: 4
Total plays: 10

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
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Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
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Key facts

Full name: Duncan Edwards
Date of birth: ( 1936-10-01 ) 1 October 1936
Place of birth: Woodside, Dudley , England
Date of death: 21 February 1958 (1958-02-21) (aged 21)
Place of death: Munich , West Germany
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position: Left half
1952 1953: Manchester United
Years: Team
1953 1958: Manchester United
1949 1952: England Schoolboys
1954 1957: England U23
1953 1954: England B

Key dates

Born: 1 October 1936
Died: 21 February 1958

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Duncan
Family name: Edwards
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Dudley
Place of death: Munich
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language

Article

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half 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. He was noted for his physical strength, toughness, and level of authority on the pitch, and has been ranked amongst the toughest players of all time. 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. Many of his contemporaries have described him as one of the best, if not the best, players with whom they had played.