After being pulled out of the wreckage of the plane, what awaited him was a glorious history of rebirth. He stepped through the shadow of the plane crash and wrote his own great deeds in the history of soccer, one step at a time, and achieved a generation of legends.
Hailed as the greatest English player of all time.
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Sir Bobby Charlton, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2023 at the age of 86 years. He played for England and
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Setting a number of goalscoring records, he won the only World Cup title in the history of the country where soccer originated, and represented
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England's first European Championship.
Bobby Charlton's storied life might not have been possible if fate hadn't favored him with the 1958 Munich plane crash that was
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A scar that lingers in history, 23 lives were lost and the hopes of the Red Devils were buried. Under the leadership of manager Sir Matt Busby, a generation of young Red Devils, then known as the "Busby Babes", took England by storm in the 1950s. With Charlton in the lineup, the
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The Young Boys achieved three consecutive FA Cup triumphs at youth level between 1954 and 1956. Charlton made his debut for the adult team in 1956 and helped the
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The team won the 1956-1957 League One title, making it two in a row.
By virtue of being league champions.
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Playing in the following year's
European crown
In the second round, the Red Devils went to the quarterfinals against Red Star Belgrade. The Red Devils were only one goal ahead in the first leg, but the visitors fought 3-3 in the second leg to secure their ticket to the quarterfinals. The young Red Devils were in high spirits as they were about to take a flight back to England from Serbia. On the way to Munich, Germany for refueling, but unexpectedly after refueling, there was an accident on take-off, several times failed to take off, and finally the plane lost control, skidded off the runway and crashed into a residential house, resulting in one of the most serious tragedies in the history of soccer.
Charlton suffered a head injury inside the plane and was pulled out by goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. Charlton was one of the lucky ones compared to his fellow teammates who were killed and seriously injured. Twenty-three people on board died, including eight members of the 'Busby Babes' who were the backbone of the team.
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players, along with three team staff members who lost their lives and two other players who were seriously injured.
demobilize
Even the head coach, Busby, was temporarily unable to return to his teaching position, in a moment of global shock.
Suddenly losing their head coach and a bunch of starters.
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The year's leagues and
European crown
It will be difficult to move forward again. Of course, at the beginning of the 1957-58 ball season, the
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With the domestic league not doing too well, you can't blame the failure of the streak on the plane crash. However, the plane crash did take away a lot of
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The nation mourns the loss of England's talent, the stars of the 1950's who were so carefully nurtured. In the shadow of a blood-stained past, the team's rebuilding process is back to square one.
But as the first player to be discharged from hospital, Charlton took on the responsibility of leading the team back to life. After the plane crash, although it cut off the league and
European crown
In the FA Cup, however, the team made it all the way to the final, finishing as runners-up. The goalscorer of the season was Dennis Viollet, who was also rescued by Harry Gregg on the day of the crash.
Together with head coach Matt Busby's miraculous recovery after nine weeks of treatment, the immortal heroes of the Munich plane crash are stepping out of the shadow of the tragedy under Charlton's leadership. The next season after the crash, Charlton scored 29 goals for the first time in his career.
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The most goal-scoring season in team history, leading by example and holding up the post-disaster Red Devils.
Tragedy has claimed an entire generation. These dark days.
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In addition to constantly acquiring new players (including arch-rivals)
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reassure
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(loan players, snowflakes), and also promoted some newcomers from the youth ranks to fill the spots left by the passing of these predecessors. Since 1958-59.
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After a period of four years without a title. The addition of Dennis Law from Scotland, i.e., to assist the
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Winning the 1963 FA Cup, despite almost being relegated from the league that season, was significant in lifting the first major trophy since the plane crash.
