Manchester United 1957
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Caption: 1957: Manchester United team photo. The 1957 league champions, who were involved in the Munich air disaster of February 6th 1958. Seven of the team are dead, the rest are injured.
Photo shows: (back row l-r) Webster (not on plane); McGuinness (not on plane); Blanchflower (injured); Doherty (not on plane); Colman (dead);
(middle row l-r) T. Curry (trainer,dead); Foulkes (injured); Charlton (injured); Goodwin (not on plane); Wood (injured); Whelan (dead); Jones (dead); Edwards (injured); Inglis (trainer, not on plane);
(front rwo l-r) Viollet (injured); Berry (injured); Matt Busby (manager, critically injured); Byrne (captain,dead), Murphy (asst.-manager, not on plane); Taylor (dead); Pegg (dead).