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The "Busby Babes" were the group of footballers, recruited and trained by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy, who progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under the management of the eponymous Matt Busby from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.
The birth and rise of the Busby Babes. As challenges go, the manager's job at Manchester United in 1945 seemed to be the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest in bare feet. During the 1930s, the...
Feb 6, 2020 · On the 63rd anniversary of the Munich air disaster, we look at the stories behind the eight members of Manchester Uniteds Busby Babes who tragically lost their lives.
Feb 4, 2022 · The Manchester United team decimated in Munich has become the subject of football folklore. Here, we take accounts from those who saw what made the Busby Babes so unique…
Feb 5, 2021 · The United team, a vibrant young unit renowned for their swashbuckling attacking prowess, had been christened the ‘Busby Babes’, on account of their youthful zest, and in homage to their manager,...
Feb 6, 2018 · Sixty years ago today, the sporting world was stunned by news that eight of Manchester United's iconic Busby Babes had died in a plane crash in Munich.
