Kenny Morgans

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Ken Morgans
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Godfrey Morgans
Date of birth	16 March 1939 (1939-03-16) (age 69)
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Playing position	Right Wing
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956-1961 1961-1964 1964-1967	Manchester United Swansea Town Newport County	017 0(0) 054 0(8) 125 (44)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kenneth 'Ken' Morgans was born in Swansea, Wales on 16 March 1939. He signed for Manchester United on leaving school in the summer of 1955 and played on the youth team's right wing.

During the 1957-58 season he won himself a fixed place in the first team, at the expense of the older and more experienced Johnny Berry, and suffered minor injuries in the Munich air disaster, when still only 18 years old. He was the youngest player involved in the crash. Morgans was found unconscious amongst the debris by two journalists five hours after the official search was called off. ^[1]

Although he made a full recovery following the crash, he never regained his form on the pitch, and left the club in 1961, having made 23 first-team appearances without scoring a goal. He later played in the lower divisions for Swansea Town and Newport County before retiring from football in 1967.

[edit] References

1. ^ Five hours after the crash they found me caught under a wheel, says Munich survivor Morgans | the Daily Mail