LONDON, Monday - Harry Gregg -- hailed as a hero for saving lives in the air crash which killed eight of Manchester United’s “Busby Babes” in Munich -- has died at the age of 87.
Gregg, who was United’s goalkeeper, rescued a mother and her baby daughter, team-mates Bobby Charlton and Jackie Blanchflower and manager Matt Busby from the wreckage of the plane on February 6, 1958. He was back playing for Manchester United just 13 days later against Sheffield Wednesday.
Gregg became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper when he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500 and went on to be voted the best at the following year’s World Cup in Sweden.
He was capped 25 times by Northern Ireland and played 247 times for United from 1957-66. - AFP
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