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    The "Busby Babes" were the group of footballers, recruited and trained by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy...
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    manager's job at Manchester United instead, where he built the famous Busby Babes team that won successive Football League First Division titles and challenged...
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    the back-to-back title-winning side of 1956 and 1957 the "Busby Babes", a testament to Busby's faith in his youth players, who had gradually replaced the...
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  • Appointed as manager in 1945, Matt Busby built a team with an average age of just 22 nicknamed the Busby Babes that won successive league titles in...
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    aircraft was carrying the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with supporters and journalists. There were 44 people on board...
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    clear homage to the Busby Babes, the famously youthful Manchester United team assembled by the club's former manager Sir Matt Busby and his assistant coach...
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    England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for...
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  • Chris Chibnall. It is based on the true story of Manchester United's "Busby Babes" and the aftermath of the 1958 Munich air disaster, with the film's events...
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  • United from 1948 until 1958. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s. Bent only made twelve first-team...
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    the Busby Babes. Byrne was captain of Manchester United from the 1955–56 season onwards. He captained the side through the legendary Busby Babes era,...
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    experienced players with a group of youths who came to be known as the "Busby Babes". This team went on to win two league titles in 1955–56 and 1956–57,...
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  • stature, he was a natural right winger with technique and pace. One of the Busby Babes, the February 1958 Munich air disaster brought his career to an end....
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    ran pubs in East Leake and Oakham. He has been called "the last of the Busby Babes". Whitefoot died on 2 July 2024, at the age of 90. Manchester United...
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  • Pegg's sister, Irene Beevers, contributed to a 1998 ITV documentary, The Busby Babes: End of a Dream, which commemorated the 40th anniversary of the tragedy...
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    famed Busby Babes, the collection of talented footballers who emerged through the system at Old Trafford in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as Matt Busby set...
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    Babes in Arms is the 1939 coming of age American film version of the 1937 Broadway musical of the same title. Directed by Busby Berkeley, it stars Mickey...
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    a member of the Busby Babes, a group of talented young players brought through the club's academy by the eponymous manager Matt Busby and his assistant...
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    2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was...
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    2015. Grant, Olly (21 April 2011). "A moving BBC drama reunites the Busby Babes". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022...
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    William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley...
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  • at the age of 12, where Walker was part of the second generation of Busby Babes who were brought through the club after the Munich air disaster. He was...
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  • Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a...
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    Retrieved 9 September 2009. "United's class of 2011 could be the next Busby Babes". The Independent. London. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on...
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    footballer. He began his career with Manchester United and was one of the "Busby Babes" who survived the Munich air disaster of 1958. Although he sustained...
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    Stadium. The second leg is notable for being the last match played by the Busby Babes: on the return flight to England the following day, the plane crashed...
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    Babes on Broadway is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing...
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    anniversary. In 2011, he starred in United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster, playing coach and assistant manager...
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  • Collins; the BBC Two television film United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster; ITV's supernatural drama series...
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    the England national team.[page needed] He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disaster. After his retirement as player...
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  • Cindy Busby" (Hush Magazine, accessed 14 November 2012) "Cindy Busby: Hot in a Cold Climate". Maxim. Jan 25, 2011. "Babe of the Day: Cindy Busby". IGN...
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