1957 | Duncan Edwards | Manchester United | D C Thomson Football Stars | Football Soccer
1957 | Duncan Edwards | Manchester United | D C Thomson Football Stars | Football Soccer
Card Population:
Year: 1957
Trade Brand: D C Thomson
Collection: Adventure Comic Football Stars
Card No: 25
Player / Subject: Duncan Edwards
For soccer / football cards
Club featured on card: Manchester United
Player position:
Player record:
Senior career* | |||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1958 | Manchester United | 151 | (20) |
International career | |||
1949–1952 | England Schoolboys | 9 | (0) |
1954–1957 | England U23 | 6 | (5) |
1953–1954 | England B | 4 | (0) |
1955–1957 | England | 18 | (5) |
Other notable history:
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.
In a professional career of less than five years he helped United to win two Football League championships and two FA Charity Shields, and reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.
Condition: ungraded - very good.
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