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Duncan Edwards

1936 - 1958

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duncan Edwards is the 540th most popular soccer player (down from 276th in 2019), the 1,420th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 934th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Soccer Player.

Duncan Edwards was a footballer who played for Manchester United, and was one of the youngest players to ever play for England. He died in 1958 at the age of 21.

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Among soccer players, Duncan Edwards ranks 540 out of 21,273. Before him are Fernando Redondo, Oliver Bierhoff, Rajko Mitić, Mikel Arteta, Wojciech Szczęsny, and Henri Michel. After him are Julen Lopetegui, Radamel Falcao, Taizo Kawamoto, Nicolas Anelka, Willem van Hanegem, and Lukas Podolski.

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Among people born in 1936, Duncan Edwards ranks 118. Before him are Alan Alda, Didier Ratsiraka, James Harrison, Yuan T. Lee, William Levada, and Nicos Poulantzas. After him are Wilfried Martens, Claude Brasseur, A. B. Yehoshua, Don DeLillo, Trần Đức Lương, and Canaan Banana. Among people deceased in 1958, Duncan Edwards ranks 41. Before him are Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pál Maléter, 'Abd al-Ilah, Henri Farman, and Wilhelm Zaisser. After him are Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, Johnston McCulley, Otto Abetz, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, and Florent Schmitt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 1,420 out of 8,785. Before him are Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), John McLaughlin (1942), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), and Michael Smith (1932). After him are Catherine Ashton (1956), James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Booth (1829), Vinnie Jones (1965), and Martin Frobisher (1535).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Duncan Edwards ranks 28. Before him are Francis Lee (1944), Ally McCoist (1962), Charles W. Alcock (1842), Erling Braut Håland (2000), John Toshack (1949), and Frank Lampard (1948). After him are Jim Brown (1908), Bob Paisley (1919), Gareth Bale (1989), Ryan Giggs (1973), Phil Neville (1977), and Herbert Chapman (1878).

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