Bill Foulkes

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association football player defender human

Bill Foulkes was an English footballer best known as a long-serving, tough-tackling defender for Manchester United and a key figure in the club’s post-war and Busby Babes eras.

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Label Occurrences
Bill Foulkes canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf association football player ⓘ
defender ⓘ
human ⓘ
basedIn Manchester ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness (unspecified) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-01-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-11-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Foulkes ⓘ
fullName William Anthony Foulkes ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasRole central defender ⓘ
full-back ⓘ
jerseyNumberAtClub 5 (Manchester United F.C.) ⓘ
knownFor long-serving defender for Manchester United ⓘ
tough-tackling style of play ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
leagueDebutFor Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
managedBy Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby
memberOfSportsTeam England national football team ⓘ
Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
notableAchievement helped Manchester United win the 1968 European Cup ⓘ
won multiple English league titles with Manchester United ⓘ
notableEvent Munich air disaster ⓘ
surface form: Munich air disaster 1958
notableWork key member of the Busby Babes era at Manchester United ⓘ
survivor of the Munich air disaster ⓘ
occupation footballer ⓘ
partOf Busby Babes ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
St Helens ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
playedFor Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
playedIn Football League First Division ⓘ
surface form: English First Division

European Cup ⓘ
positionPlayedOnTeam centre-back ⓘ
defender ⓘ
residence Manchester ⓘ
St Helens ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shirtNumber 5 ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
yearsActive 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ

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Munich air disaster → survivor → Bill Foulkes ⓘ
Busby Babes → notablePlayer → Bill Foulkes ⓘ