Duncan Edwards
(1936-1958)
footballer of Manchester United Football Club and footballer of England national football team
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Duncan Edwards (1936-1958) Manchester United and England footballer lived here. He was one of the eight "Busby Babes" who lost their lives in the Munich Air Disaster.
19 Gorse Avenue, Gorse Hill, Stretford, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lived
Duncan Edwards Footballer of genius b Dudley 1936; d Munich 1958 Player for Manchester United and England Grew up on the Priory Estate and attended Priory Primary School: "I've just seen a boy of eleven who will play for England one day" (Geoff Groves, his Primary Schoolmaster, in a letter of c. 1947 to a friend)
The Pavilion, Priory Park, Dudley, United Kingdom where they grew up