Geoff Bent

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Geoff Bent
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Bent
Date of birth September 27, 1932
Place of birth    Salford, England
Date of death    February 6, 1958 (aged 25)
Place of death    Munich, Germany
Playing position Full back
Youth clubs
1948-1951 Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1951-1958 Manchester United 12 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Geoffrey Bent (27 September 19326 February 1958) was one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster.

Bent was born in Salford, Lancashire, and joined United on leaving school in the summer of 1948. After several seasons playing in the reserve and youth sides, he became a professional in 1951 and over the decade made 12 league appearances as full-back cover for Roger Byrne on the left and Bill Foulkes on the right.

He did not play any first-team games during the 1957-58 season, and only travelled to Belgrade as cover for Roger Byrne - who had not been expected to play in the match due to injury, but still did, against all the odds. These factors contributed additionally to the tragedy of Bent's death.

Geoff, who is buried at St John's Church in Pendlebury, had become a father just four months before his death on the birth of his daughter Karen.

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