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Duncan Edwards (October 1, 1936 - February 21,
1958) was an England|English football
(soccer)|footballer. Born in Dudley, England, he
signed for United June 1952 (amateur), 1 October
1953 (professional). He was one of the Busby
Babes, the young Manchester United F.C.|Manchester
United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the
mid 1950s, being one of the eight United players
who perished tragically in the Munich air
disaster.

==Early years==
He was born at a house in Malvern Crescent, on the
then-new Holly Hall estate in Dudley, but spent
most of his childhood living in Elm Road on the
Priory Estate, also in Dudley. He attended Priory
Primary School and Wolverhampton Street Secondary
School, and was a key player in both teams. 

==Football career== 
On April 4, 1953, he became the youngest
footballer to play in the First Division on his
debut versus Cardiff City. Aged 18 years and 183
days he became England's youngest post-war
debutant against Scotland on 2 April, 1955, a
record now held by Wayne Rooney.  Edwards
displayed his prodigious talent in 175 appearances
for Manchester United F.C., scoring 21 goals and
18 for England national football team|England with
5 goals. 

==The Munich air disaster==
On 6 February 1958, the aeroplane carrying Edwards
and his team mates home from an away match in
Belgrade crashed on takeoff after a refuelling
stop in Munich.  Seven of his team mates and many
other passengers died, and Edwards was seriously
injured, with his injuries including broken ribs,
a broken leg and chest injuries.  Although doctors
thought he had a chance of survival, they did not
think he would be able to play football
again.ref|McCartney114

==Fight for life==
He lost consciousness on 11 February and doctors
had an artificial kidney rushed to the hospital
for him the following day, but the artificial
kidney reduced his blood's ability to clot and he
began to bleed internally.  Doctors were "amazed"
at his fight for life.ref|McCartney116  However,
his condition worsened and he died in the Rechts
der Isar hospital, in Munich on 21 February. He
was buried at Dudley Cemetery five days later, and
his grave is visited regularly by football fans.
He is buried with his sister Carol Anne, who died
in 1947 at the age of 14 weeks.

==Bibliography==
Book reference | Author=McCartney, Iain|
Title=Duncan Edwards — The Final Report
| Publisher=Britespot Publishing Solutions Ltd |
Year=2004| ID=ISBN 1-904103-29-4

==References==


#note|McCartney114 Duncan Edwards — The
Final Report 114.
#note|McCartney116 Duncan Edwards — The
Final Report 116.



==External links==

* http://www.duncan-edwards.co.uk Duncan Edwards
website