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Duncan
Edwards |
Manchester United FC
18 caps, 5 goals
P 18 W 10 D 5 L 3 F
50:
A 21
69% successful
1955-57
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 1620 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Duncan Edwards |
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Born |
1
October 1936
at 23 Malvern Crescent, Holly Hall, Dudley, Worcestershire [registered in
Dudley, December 1936]. To Gladstone and Sarah (n�e
Harrison) Edwards.
Attended Priory Road Junior School and
Wolverhampton Road Secondary Modern, Dudley |
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Partner |
Duncan had announced his engagement
to his girlfriend, Molly Leach, days before the tragedy. |
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Died |
21 February 1958 in the Rechts der
Isar hospital, Munich, aged
21 years 143 days
[not registered in England & Wales].
Edwards succumbed
to the injuries that he had sustained in the plane crash fifteen days
earlier.
One of 23 fatalities of the Munich Air Disaster, one of four England
players.
Funeral Service on 26 February, held at St Francis' Church and
buried in Holly Hall Cemetery, Dudley, with his sister, Carol
Anne, who had died in 1947, aged 14 weeks. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 13st.
0lbs [1957]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Patrick Talbot's
White Shirt, Black Country [2004] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
| |
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played school
football with Wolverhampton Street Secondary School, where his skills and
talent were harnessed and was soon playing regularly football with Dudley
Schoolboys and Worcester County XI. Despite interest from several
clubs, Duncan always wanted to play for Manchester United FC, and on 31
May 1952, that wish became a reality when Jimmy Murphy and Bert Whalley
secured Edward's signature as an amateur, at his Dudley home. He
eventually signed his professional contract on 1 October 1953. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1955-56, 1956-57; FA Cup runners-up 1956-57; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances), European Football of the Year (third place) 1957; |
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Distinctions |
Became the
youngest Manchester United FC player in the Football League when he played
against Cardiff City, 4 April 1953, aged 16 years 185 days.
Also became the first International player to appear in the FA Youth Cup
Final in April 1955.
One of only
handful of players who have a street named after him. Duncan Edwards
Close
is in Dudley, DY1, opposite Dudley Cemetery. Also a Duncan Edwards
Court in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, M40. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Patrick Talbot's White
Shirt, Black Country [2004] |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
745th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 294, 2 April 1955, England 7 Scotland 2,
a British Championship match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
18 years
183 days. |
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Last match |
No. 317, 27 November 1957, England 4 France
0, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 21 years
57 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1954-55, 1956-57, (shared) 1955-56, (shared)
1957-58; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(4 appearances), England U23 (6 appearances), England Youth,
England Schoolboys (1950-53, 9 appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Cousin of Ray
Westwood (Bolton Wanderers and England), second cousin of Dennis
Stevens (Bolton Wanderers and England U23). |
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 |
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On 6th
February 1958 the airliner carrying players and backroom staff of
Manchester United, plus a number of journalists and supporters, crashed in
a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from Munich airport. United
were returning from Belgrade where they had just beaten Red Star Belgrade
in the European Cup and had stopped off at Munich for re-fuelling.
Twenty-three of the forty-four passengers on board the aircraft lost their
lives. - Munich Remembered and Never Forgotten -
Munich58.co.uk |
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Duncan Edwards - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
18+ |
18 |
9 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1620 |
5 |
324 min |
2 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Duncan Edwards
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
29 |
11 |
+18 |
0 |
1 |
4.143 |
1.571 |
85.7 |
+5 |
|
Away |
11 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
10 |
+11 |
2 |
2 |
1.909 |
0.909 |
59.1 |
+2 |
| All |
18 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
50 |
21 |
+29 |
2 |
3 |
2.778 |
1.667 |
69.4 |
+7 |
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Duncan Edwards
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
White |
17 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
47 |
20 |
+27 |
2 |
3 |
2.765 |
1.176 |
67.6 |
+6 |
|
Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
18 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
50 |
21 |
+29 |
2 |
3 |
2.778 |
1.667 |
69.4 |
+7 |
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Duncan Edwards
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
British Championship |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
8 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
2.833 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+2 |
| Friendly |
9 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
23 |
10 |
+13 |
2 |
2 |
2.556 |
1.111 |
66.7 |
+3 |
| All |
18 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
50 |
21 |
+29 |
2 |
3 |
2.778 |
1.667 |
69.4 |
+7 |
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Duncan Edwards
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP 1956-58 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1955-56 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC 1956-57 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1957-58 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
All |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
8 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
2.833 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
BC |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
8 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
2.833 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+2 |
|
All |
9 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
27 |
11 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.222 |
72.2 |
+4 |
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Duncan Edwards
- Match History |
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Club: Manchester
United F.C. - 18 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 18
full capsx
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Age 17 |
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1 |
u23 |
20 January 1954 - Italy U23 3 England U23 0,
Stadio Comunale,
Bologna |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
? |
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1 |
b |
24 March 1954 - West Germany B 0 England B
4,
Gl�ckauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
6 |
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May 1st 1954 was the date set by FIFA for
a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be
selected for each country's World Cup squad. England's list appeared on April 22
1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. 18 were destined not to make the final
cut including Duncan Edwards. |
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2 |
b |
22 May 1954 - Switzerland B 2 England B 0,
Basel |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
6 |
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Age 18 |
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2 |
u23 |
8 February 1955 - Scotland U23 0 England U23
6,
Shawfield Park,
Glasgow |
Fr |
AW |
Start
 |
9 |
|
3 |
b |
23 March 1955 - England B 1 West Germany B
1, Hillsborough, Sheffield |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
6 |
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1 |
294 |
2 April 1955 -
England 7 Scotland 2,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start |
6 |
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2 |
295 |
15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0,
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
6 |
|
3 |
296 |
18 May 1955
- Spain 1 England 1,
El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
Fr |
AD |
Start |
6 |
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4 |
297 |
22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1,
Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto, Oporto |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
6 |
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Age 19 |
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4 |
b |
21 March 1956 - England B 4 Switzerland B 1,
The Dell, Southampton |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
6 |
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5 |
302 |
14 April 1956 - Scotland 1 England 1,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AD |
Start |
6 |
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6 |
303 |
9 May 1956 -
England 4
Brazil 2,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
6 |
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7 |
304 |
16 May 1956 -
Sweden
0 England 0,
R�sunda Fotbollstadion, Solna |
Fr |
AD |
Start |
6 |
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8 |
305 |
20 May 1956 - Finland 1 England 5,
Olympiastadion,
Helsinki |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
6 |
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9 |
306 |
26 May 1956 - West Germany 1 England 3,
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Fr |
AW |
Start
|
6 |
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Age
20 |
|
10 |
307 |
6 October 1956 - Northern Ireland 1
England 1,
Windsor
Park, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
Start |
6 |
|
11 |
310 |
5 December 1956 - England 5 Denmark 2,
Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton |
Fr |
HW |
Start
|
10 |
|
12 |
311 |
6 April 1957 - England 2 Scotland 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start
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6 |
|
13 |
312 |
8 May 1957 -
England 5
Republic of Ireland
1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
WCP |
HW |
Start |
6 |
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14 |
313 |
15 May 1957 -
Denmark 1
England 4,
Idrætsparken, København |
AW |
Start |
6 |
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15 |
314 |
19 May 1957 -
Republic of Ireland
1 England 1,
Dalymount Park, Dublin |
AD |
Start |
6 |
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Age
21 |
|
16 |
315 |
19 October 1957 -
Wales 0 England 4,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
Start |
6 |
|
17 |
316 |
6 November 1957 - England 2 Northern
Ireland 3,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
Start
|
6 |
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18 |
317 |
27 November 1957 - England 4 France 0,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
6 |
Notes
23145376 Lance
Corporal Edwards D also served in the Army for two years doing National Service.
Serving mostly at the Ammunitions Depot at Nescliff.
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