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Matt Busby
Personal information
Full name	Sir Alexander Matthew Busby
Date of birth	26 May 1909(1909-05-26)
Place of birth	Orbiston (now part of Bellshill), Scotland
Date of death	20 January 1994 (aged 84)
Playing position	Inside-Forward, Right-half, Manager (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1928-1936 1936-1940	Manchester City Liverpool	226 (14) 118 0(3)
Teams managed
1945-1969 1958 1970-1971	Manchester United Scotland Manchester United
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Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE ^[1] (26 May 1909–20 January 1994) also known as "Sir Matt" was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945-1969 and again for the 1970-1971 season. He is the longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United, ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson, although the latter has contested more games as manager. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article is about the country. ... Soccer redirects here. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Sir Alex Ferguson (born Alexander Chapman Ferguson, December 31, 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager, currently managing Manchester United F.C.. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and been in charge of Manchester United for over 1000 matches. ...

Early life

Born in a two-roomed pitman’s cottage in the mining village of Orbiston (now part of Bellshill), North Lanarkshire; he was raised a practising Roman Catholic and of Lithuanian ancestry [1]. His father and all his uncles were killed in World War I. St Andrews Church, Bellshill Bellshill is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north of Motherwell. ... Location Geography Area Ranked 19th  - Total 470 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Motherwell ISO 3166-2 GB-NLK ONS code 00QZ Demographics Population Ranked 4th  - Total (2006) 323,800  - Density 689 / km² Scottish Gaelic  - Total () {{{Scottish council Gaelic Speakers}}} Politics North Lanarkshire Council http://www. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Playing career

As a player, Busby began his career at Manchester City where he won an FA Cup Winner's medal in 1934, this following the cup runners-up medal he got the season before. Liverpool manager George Patterson then signed Busby for £8,000 in the March of 1936. He made his debut for the Reds on 14 March away to Huddersfield, a game that ended in a 1-0 defeat for Liverpool sadly. He opened his account a month later, his 47th minute strike helped his team to a 2-2 draw with Blackburn at Ewood Park. Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... George Patterson (? - 1955) was a football manager and secretary who was involved with Liverpool F.C. for much of the first half of the 20th century. ... GBP redirects here. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. ... Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ... Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire and the home of Blackburn Rovers football club. ...

Busby soon made the number 4 shirt his own, ousting Ted Savage in the process. He rarely missed a game over the following three seasons. This consistency earned Busby the Liverpool captaincy and he led the club with great distinction. For other uses, see Captain (disambiguation). ...

Busby started out as an inside-forward but was switched to right-half early in his career. Busby, along with Jimmy McDougall and Tom Bradshaw made up what is considered by many^[who?] to be the best half-back line Liverpool had ever had - as "half-backs" had been replaced by "midfielders" by the time of Liverpool's most glorious years during the 1970s and 1980s. Jimmy McDougall was Procurator Fiscal in Dumfries when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew on board, as well as 11 people in the town of Lockerbie . ... Tom Bradshaw, (born 7th February 1904, died February 22, 1986) was a Scottish intenational footballers of the 1920s and 30s who played for Liverpool. ...

Soon after Bob Paisley joined Liverpool from Bishop Auckland and it was Busby who took him under his wing and showed him the ropes at Anfield. This led to a lifelong friendship between two of the most successful managers in English football history. Robert Bob Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 — 14 February 1996) was an English football player who became best known for being one of the most successful managers in English football history whilst managing his only team Liverpool Football Club in the 1970s and 1980s. ... This article is about the football stadium. ...

The Second World War brought an end to Busby's playing days. Like many of the playing staff, he signed on for national service in the King's Liverpool Regiment. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Kings Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army, having originally been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th in 1751. ...

Busby carried on playing during the war, making three appearances for Chelsea. He also turned out for Middlesbrough, Reading, Brentford, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Hibernian. Current season Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are a professional English football club based in west London. ... Middlesbrough Football Club (commonly known as Boro) are an English football club based in Middlesbrough. ... Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. ... Brentford Football Club are an English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. ... For the non League club, see Bournemouth F.C.. AFC Bournemouth are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... This article is about the Scottish football club. ...

Busby made his first 'official' international appearance for Scotland on 4 October 1933 at Ninian Park, Cardiff in a 3-2 British Home Championship defeat to Wales. He also made 7 'unofficial' appearances for Scotland during the war. First international Scotland 0–0 England  (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Scotland 11–0 Ireland  (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Biggest defeat  Uruguay 7–0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ninian Park is a football stadium in Cardiff, Wales. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the UKs four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and originally Ireland and, later, its successor Northern Ireland, from the 1883-1884 season until the 1983-1984 season. ... First international  Scotland 4 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 26 March 1876) Biggest win Wales 11 - 0 Ireland  (Wrexham, Wales; 3 March 1888) Biggest defeat  Scotland 9 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1958) Best result Quarter-finals, 1958 The Wales national football team...

Coaching career

After peace was declared in 1945, the 36 year-old Busby was offered a job on the coaching staff at Anfield. However, Busby had requested that he be given more responsibilities over the playing side of the club, a job that was traditionally reserved for the club secretary. Liverpool's directors refused to budge, and when Busby was offered the chance to manage the club with no interference from the board, Billy McConnell, the Liverpool chairman at the time, eventually persuaded Anfield directors to let Busby leave. This article is about the football stadium. ...

Busby took over the reins at Manchester United at the beginning of October 1946. He immediately put his mark on the side leading them to the runners-up spot in the league, behind his former employers Liverpool, by the end of the 1946-47 season. Manchester United were runners-up in the league in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1951 before winning the championship in 1952. By this stage, the side captained by Johnny Carey was beginning to show its age, and a new set of players had to be found. Johnny Carey (born February 23, 1919 in Dublin) was an Irish football player. ...

Busby, who had achieved a great deal of success in spite of his lack of previous managerial experience, was expected to spend large sums of money on high profile players. Instead, he gradually replaced the older players with players as young as 16 and 17. These included right-back Bill Foulkes, centre-halves Mark Jones and Jackie Blanchflower, wingers Albert Scanlon and David Pegg and forward Bill Whelan. Among them was Duncan Edwards, judged by many^[who?] to be England's finest player of his era, and capped by England at 18 - setting a record for the youngest-ever full international that remained unbroken for more than 40 years. Bill Foulkes (born January 5, 1932 in St. ... Mark Jones may be: Mark Jones (born 1933), football player. ... Jackie Blanchflower, (March 7, 1933–September 2, 1968), was a Northern Irish football player. ... Albert Scanlon born October 10, 1935 in Manchester was a English football player. ... David Pegg was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster February 6, 1958. ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... Duncan Edwards (October 1, 1936 - February 21, 1958) was an English international footballer. ... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...

During this period, the team picked up the affectionate nickname the Busby Babes, due to the youthfulness of some of the players he fielded. They won the league in both 1956 and 1957, and were runners-up to Aston Villa in the 1957 FA Cup Final. The young side was so successful that centre-forward Tommy Taylor and goalkeeper Harry Gregg were United's only major signings over a spell of four years. The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players who progressed from the clubs youth team into the first team under Sir Matt Busbys management. ... Aston Villa Football Club play at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Taylor (January 29, 1932 – February 6, 1958), better known as Tommy Taylor, was an English footballer, who, standing at 6ft 4in, was known best for his aerial ability. ... Harry Gregg, MBE (born October 25, 1932 in Coleraine County Londonderry) is a Northern Irish former football player. ...

Busby and his team began the 1957-58 season full of ambition for an assault on the Football League title, FA Cup and European Cup. On the way home from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade on 6 February 1958, their plane crashed on the runway at Munich Airport. Seven players and three club officials were among the 23 people who were killed. Duncan Edwards later died from his injuries, while two other players were injured to such an extent that they never played again. Busby suffered multiple injuries and twice received the last rites, but he recovered from his injuries and left hospital after two months. He was present at a new-look United side's FA Cup final defeat against Bolton Wanderers at Wembley three months later, and resumed full managerial duties from assistant Jimmy Murphy for the following season. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... The name Crvena zvezda can also be applied to KK Crvena zvezda, VK Crvena zvezda, RK Crvena zvezda. ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... A plaque at Old Trafford Football Ground remembering the Munich air disaster The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany. ... Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM), officially named Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (German: Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß) is located 28 km (17 mi) northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. ... For information on FA Cup Final Referees, see FA Cup Final Referees. ... Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Borough of Bolton, England. ... For the new stadium, see Wembley Stadium. ... James (Jimmy) Patrick Murphy (October 27, 1910, Pentre, Glamorgan - November 14, 1989, Manchester) was a football manager. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Busby had been appointed as Scotland's temporary manager and took charge of the team for two games later that year against Wales and Northern Ireland, giving Denis Law his first cap. Denis Law (born February 24, 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

After the crash, Busby built a new side around Munich survivors including Harry Gregg, Bobby Charlton and Bill Foulkes. He also brought in players from other clubs - these included David Herd, Albert Quixall and Denis Law. By 1964, Busby had discovered an exciting young talent in the shape of Northern Irish forward George Best, rated by many as the finest footballer of the decade. Harry Gregg, MBE (born October 25, 1932 in Coleraine County Londonderry) is a Northern Irish former football player. ... Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. ... Bill Foulkes (born January 5, 1932 in St. ... David Herd (1732 - 1810) was a Scottish anthologist. ... Albert Quixall (born August 9, 1933 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), was an English football player who played as an inside-forward. ... Denis Law (born February 24, 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... This article is about the constituent country. ... George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. ...

In 1963, Busby had successfully rebuilt United as he guided them to a 3-1 victory over Leicester City in the FA Cup final. They were league champions in 1965 and again in 1967, with only a defeat on the final day of the 1965-66 season stopping them from recording a rare championship hat-trick. Leicester City Football Club, (also known as The Foxes) is an English professional football club based in the city of Leicester. ... For information on FA Cup Final Referees, see FA Cup Final Referees. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

The biggest success of his career came on 29 May 1968 when the team won the European Cup. He retired as manager a year later but remained at the club as a director, handing over managerial duties to trainer and former player Wilf McGuinness. When McGuinness was sacked in December 1970, Busby briefly returned to his managerial duties, although there was never any question of him returning as manager on a permanent basis. He then reverted to director for 11 years, being made president in 1982. is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... Wilf McGuinness (born October 25, 1937 in Manchester, England) was an English football player and manager, who played twice for England. ...

Busby was awarded the CBE in 1958 and was knighted following the European Cup victory in 1968. His testimonial was held at Old Trafford in August 1991, in which a Manchester United side featuring a new generation of star players including Mark Hughes and Steve Bruce took on a Republic of Ireland XI, the result was a 1-1 draw. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton) is an all-seater football stadium in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, and is the home of Manchester United F.C.. The ground has been Uniteds permanent home since 1910, bar an eight year absence... This article is about the Welsh footballer. ... Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31, 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a British football manager currently in charge of Birmingham City. ... First international Irish Free State 1 - 0  Bulgaria (Stade Olympique, Colombes, France; May 28, 1924) Biggest win Republic of Ireland 8 - 0 Malta (Dalymount Park, Republic of Ireland; 16 November 1983) Biggest defeat Brazil 7 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982) World Cup Appearances 3 (First...

He died of cancer, aged 84, in January 1994. He was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester. In 1999 in securing an incredible treble (Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup), Manchester United won the European cup on what would have been Sir Matt's 90th birthday.

Busby was made an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game. The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. ...

Career statistics

Playing career

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Managerial career

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Manchester United		February 1945	June 1969	1138	570	300	268	50.1
Scotland		September 1958	December 1958	2	1	0	1	50.0
Manchester United		December 1970	June 1971	21	11	7	3	52.4

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Honours

As a player

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• FA Cup runner-up: 1933
• FA Cup winner: 1934

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As a manager

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• FA Charity Shield runner-up: 1948 and 1963
• First Division Title winner: 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
• FA Charity Shield winner: 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967
• FA Cup winner: 1948, 1963
• FA Cup runner-up: 1957, 1958
• European Cup winner: 1967–68
• Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1968

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References

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