watch sir bobby charton talk about his football career here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/football_legends/11919.shtml
Synopsis
Sir Bobby Charlton talks about his early years in the North East and the three career choices open to a lad from Ashington: the pit, the navy or football. He remembers his playing career at Manchester United, the fateful Munich air crash that claimed so much young footballing talent, and the crowning achievement of a World Cup victory in 1966 with England.
Did you know?
Bobby Charlton came second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1958 and again in 1959. In 2008, he received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.
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http://www.tstw.co.uk/duncan.html
Don Revie OBE, Leeds United and England Manager:
You don't hear many professionals talk lightly of greatness because it is so rare, but that is what I saw in Duncan Edwards the first time I set eyes on him. He reached the same fabulous standard at left-half, centre-half, inside-left and centre-forward. He is the kind of player managers dream about.
Sir Walter Winterbottom, England Manager:
Duncan Edwards was the spirit of British Football.
Sir Bobby Robson CBE, England Player and Manager:
His size surprised me. He was a colossus in fact, very strong and powerful. He tackled beautifully and had perfect timing. I considered him to be the finest young player in England at that time. Surely he would have gone on to be one of the greatest players the world has ever seen.
Sir Bobby Charlton, Manchester United and England:
I've never know anybody so gifted and strong and powerful with the presence that he had. The best player I ever played with or against.
Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United Manager:
If ever there was a player that could be called a one-man team, that man was Duncan Edwards... He has always remained to me incomparable. Off the field, Duncan did not want to know about the high life. He just wanted to train, play or go back to his digs or home to Dudley. He lived for his football. Maybe some of that would have rubbed off on George [Best] if Duncan had survived Munich. I suppose in their own ways, they both died young, didn't they?
Jimmy Murphy, Wales Manager, Manchester United Assistant Manager:
When I used to hear Muhammad Ali proclaim to the world that he was the greatest, I would always smile. The greatest of them all was a footballer named Duncan Edwards
Terry Venables, England Player and Manager:
He was my hero and an inspiration. He was potentially the greatest player I've seen. Duncan played in the same position as Bobby Moore, and we'll never know what might have happened in 1966 if he had still been around. He would have been only 29. Perhaps Bobby would have got in the team in another position, because he was a great player, too, but you would never have picked Moore in front of Edwards. Duncan had the edge everywhere, with his remarkable power, pace and strength in the air. Quite simply, Duncan Edwards had the lot.
Jimmy Armfield CBE, Blackpool and England captain:
I played with Edwards in the Army team, he was a football giant. For my generation of footballers, who knew them all really well, the crash was our Kennedy assassination moment, it captured the nation. Edwards was the best footballer in Britain at the time, a big powerful man, but more than that he was technically gifted and had a great shot - we've not had a player like him in my lifetime.
Nat Lofthouse OBE, Bolton Wanderers and England:
Even at 19, Duncan was already half the England side.
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Football Legends Bobby Charlton part 2by thetoon991,533 views
at 7.30minits sir bobby pays tribute to duncan edwards hailing him as the best he ever played with.
thetoon99 1 year ago