What Made Duncan Edwards Such An Exceptional Player? Sir Bobby Charlton's Opinion

tell me

what

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duncan

edwards

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exceptional

player

good,

duncan

edwards

was that he was one year old actually it was a little after the first presentation of the busby babes he was a year older than me I came in 1953 duncan edwards came in 1952 and uh and jimmy murphy, the then assistant manager and coach here at old trafford picked me up at the station and took me to my digs and he told me all about how the only one he mentioned was a

player

, he says we've got this. young player duncan edwards who has wonderful ability right foot left foot short passes long passes great control fast good in the air you know he has enthusiasm wants to score goals you will be the last man behind to defend says he is a sensational player, I can't believe someone can be that good because I thought well, I'm an international school, you know, I don't think anyone can be that good, but he was and I wasn't.

I don't think I've ever been more impressed by a young player than Duncan Edwards. He was physically big and had that presence and confidence that he knew he was a great player and he knew

what

was expected of him. he, he, he would run the whole thing, he would run the whole show, you know, he would defend, he would create and he would score, he was, he was the total footballer and um, and any world team that I ever asked him to select these days, I always include to Duncan. Edwards because he died very prematurely, obviously in the Munich plane crash, but in that short period of time he had created a name and a reputation that meant he would have been England's leading player for the next 10 or 20 years, even.

He was just a wonderfully wonderful talent.