Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played

for Manchester United and the England national team. He played 151 matches as one of the Busby Babes,
the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s. Born
in Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire, Edwards signed for Manchester United as a teenager and went on
to become the youngest player to play in the Football League First Division. As the youngest England
player since the Second World War, he played 18 times for his country at top level. In a professional
career of less than five years he helped United win two Football League championships and two FA
Charity Shields, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. He was one of eight United players who
died as a result of the Munich air disaster; he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital
two weeks later.