Bobby Charlton dies: Why Man United legend and World Cup winner is England's football GOAT
Sir Bobby Charlton, the former Manchester United and England player, died on October 21, 2023. He was 86.
Charlton is a club legend at United, having been a champion of England and Europe with the Red Devils in the years after the Munich Air Disaster, in which he lost many friends and teammates. Later, he was a director and ambassador for the club, and one of the four stands of Old Trafford is named in his honour.
As former captain Gary Neville said, Charlton at United was "the golden thread through from Sir Matt Busby to Sir Alex Ferguson".
For England, he was a star of the World Cup-winning squad of 1966, and previously the country's record goalscorer in men's international football. He was a player of prodigious talent, one who was most famous as a midfielder but who thrived in positions across the pitch, with a penchant for scoring thunderous long-range goals.
Eternally grateful.
United forever.
