2023-10-21 18:06:17
English footballer Bobby Charlton, former Manchester United star, who brought the European Cup to his club and the World Cup to his country, has died at the age of 86, his family announced on Saturday.
Published on: 10/21/2023 – 6:06 p.m.
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He was one of Manchester United’s iconic players and a legendary figure in English football. Bobby Charlton died at the age of 86, his family announced Saturday October 21 in a press release.
“Manchester United is in mourning following the death of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest and most loved players in the club’s history,” Manchester United wrote in a statement.
Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, 1937-2023.
Words will never be enough.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 21, 2023
With Bobby Charlton, Manchester United became the first English club to win the European Cup in 1968.
Survivor of the Munich air crash, which killed eight of his club teammates in 1958, he managed to overcome this terrible ordeal to win the World Cup with England in 1966 and the European Champion Clubs’ Cup with United two years later.
Renowned for his formidable strikes, the winner of the 1966 Ballon d’Or had also become the symbol of elegance and sporting spirit.
Born in Ashington, a working-class town in the north-east of England on October 11, 1937, Bobby Charlton joined United at the age of 15.
With AFP
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