Busby Babes
E223796
The Busby Babes were a famed generation of young Manchester United players in the 1950s, managed by Matt Busby, many of whom tragically died in the Munich air disaster.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Busby Babes canonical | 17 |
| Busby Babes era at Manchester United | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of association football players
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ |
| achievement |
English First Division title 1955–56
ⓘ
English First Division title 1956–57 ⓘ FA Community Shield ⓘ
surface form:
FA Charity Shield 1956
FA Community Shield ⓘ
surface form:
FA Charity Shield 1957
|
| agePolicy | predominantly under 25 ⓘ |
| airlineInvolved | British European Airways ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Matt Busby’s young team ⓘ |
| associatedManager | Jimmy Murphy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Old Trafford ⓘ |
| averageAge | early twenties ⓘ |
| basedIn |
England
ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ |
| characteristic | homegrown talent ⓘ |
| club | Manchester United F.C. ⓘ |
| competition |
Football League First Division
ⓘ
surface form:
English First Division
European Cup ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
subject of books
ⓘ
subject of documentaries ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1958-02-06 ⓘ |
| flightNumber | BEA Flight 609 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Sir Matt Busby
ⓘ
surface form:
Matt Busby youth policy
|
| knownFor |
tragic deaths in Munich air disaster
ⓘ
youth development ⓘ |
| league |
Football League First Division
ⓘ
surface form:
English First Division
|
| legacy |
influence on Manchester United academy
ⓘ
symbol of Manchester United identity ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent |
Munich Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Munich-Riem Airport
|
| manager |
Sir Matt Busby
ⓘ
surface form:
Matt Busby
|
| memorial |
Munich clock at Old Trafford
ⓘ
Munich plaque at Old Trafford ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Munich air disaster ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Bill Foulkes
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Bobby Charlton ⓘ David Pegg ⓘ Duncan Edwards ⓘ Eddie Colman ⓘ Harry Gregg ⓘ Liam Whelan ⓘ Mark Jones ⓘ Roger Byrne ⓘ Tommy Taylor ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayersKilled | 8 ⓘ |
| originOfName | nickname coined by media ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | attacking football ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Busby Babes Description of subject: The Busby Babes were a famed generation of young Manchester United players in the 1950s, managed by Matt Busby, many of whom tragically died in the Munich air disaster.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Busby Babes era at Manchester United