8 players of the Manchester United soccer team died in the munich air crash in 1958
No, Manchester United played the rest of the season with reserve and youth players. Real Madrid did not give any players to Manchester United. That is a very strange rumour
In 1959 the Manchester United Players net with a air crash in Munich, when returning from Belgrade after a champion League match, Sir Bobby Charlton was a few to escape.
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He is both a living legend for Manchester united and england. And he survived the Munich crash.
In 1958 there was the Munich air disaster, when 20 people died in a crash of a plane that had the Manchester United Football team on it. In 1972 athletes were kidnapped at the Munich Olympics. 11 of them were killed.
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They died in a plane crash on 6th feb 1958.......was a terrible day
it was a plane crash in munich. The plane crashed during take off it was caused by ice and snow on the plane and runway i think 8 players were killed. The team was called Busby Babes after the manager Matt Busby.
20 of the 44 people died in the crash. When in the hospital a further 3 people died, resulting in a total of 23 deaths and 21 survivors. (there was 38 passengers, and 6 members of the crew. I'm not sure how many of the 23 were players)
6 February 1958
Gregg Foulkes Byrne Coleman M Jones Edwards Morgan Charlton T Taylor Viollet Scanlon