Roger Byrne
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| Roger Byrne | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Roger William Byrne | |
| Date of birth | September 8, 1929 | |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | |
| Date of death | February 6, 1958 (aged 28) | |
| Place of death | Munich, Germany | |
| Playing position | Full back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Ryder Brow Boys Club | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1949-1958 | Manchester United | 245 (17) |
| National team | ||
| 1954-1957 | England | 33 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Roger William Byrne, (September 8, 1929 – February 6, 1958), was an English footballer and a captain of Manchester United F.C.
He was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on February 6, 1958. He made 33 appearances for the England team, and was captain of Manchester United from the 1953-54 season onwards, playing as a full-back having previously been fielded as an outside-left (left winger). He gained league championship medals in 1952, 1956 and 1957, and was a FA Cup runner-up in 1957. He was just 28 years old, and on arriving home he would have received the news that his wife Joy was expecting their first child. Eight months after his death, Roger's son Roger junior was born, and during the 1970s was a ball boy at Old Trafford.
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England squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Merrick | 2 Staniforth | 3 Byrne | 4 Wright | 5 Owen | 6 Dickinson | 7 Matthews | 8 Broadis | 9 Lofthouse | 10 Taylor | 11 Finney | 12 Burgin | 13 Green | 14 McGarry | 15 Wilshaw | 16 Quixall | 17 Mullen | 18 Chilton | 19 Armstrong | 20 Jezzard | 21 Haynes | 22 Hooper | Coach: Winterbottom |
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