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| Busby Babe Bill Foulkes dies, aged 81 | Busby Babe Bill Foulkes dies, aged 81 |
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| Former Manchester United footballer Bill Foulkes, who survived the 1958 Munich air crash, has died aged 81. | |
| Only Sir Bobby Charlton, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes have played more times than the Busby Babe, who made 688 appearances for United. | |
| Club executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said "he will never be forgotten" adding, "he was a giant character" in the club's post-war era. | |
| St Helens-born Foulkes played for United in their 1968 European Cup win. | St Helens-born Foulkes played for United in their 1968 European Cup win. |
| On 6 February 1958, the plane that was carrying the Busby Babes back from Belgrade crashed in a blizzard after re-fuelling at Munich airport. | |
| Twenty-three people died - eight young players, eight newspaper journalists and seven members of backroom staff | |
| Mr Woodward said: "He was a very gentle man, who I was privileged to meet on several occasions, including most memorably with his team-mates at the Champions League final in Moscow, 50 years after his heroics in the Munich air crash." | |
| The defender was a pillar of some of United's most successful teams and was a four-time league champion, FA Cup winner and European Cup winner. | |
| He made his debut against Liverpool in December 1952 and went on to score nine goals in his career. |