Bill Foulkes

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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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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