Roger Byrne

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Roger Byrne was an English footballer who captained Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes" side in the 1950s.

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Roger Byrne canonical 3
Roger William Byrne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf England international footballer
association football player
human
associatedWithClubEra Busby Babes
surface form: Busby Babes era at Manchester United
buriedAt Weaste Cemetery
surface form: Stretford Cemetery
captained Busby Babes
Manchester United F.C.
causeOfDeath Munich air disaster
countryOfBirth England
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath West Germany
dateOfBirth 1929-02-08
dateOfDeath 1958-02-06
deathAge 28
era 1950s
familyName Byrne
fullName Roger Byrne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roger William Byrne
gender male
givenName Roger
hasOccupation professional footballer
languageSpoken English
leagueDebutFor Manchester United F.C.
leagueTitlesWonWithManchesterUnited 3
managedBy Sir Matt Busby
surface form: Matt Busby
memberOf Busby Babes
nationality British
English
notableEvent died in Munich air disaster returning from European Cup match
numberOfInternationalCaps 33
numberOfInternationalGoals 0
placeOfBirth Gorton
Manchester
placeOfDeath Munich
playedFor Manchester United F.C.
playedForNationalTeam England national football team
playedInCompetition European Cup
playedInLeague Football League First Division
surface form: English First Division
positionPlayed left-back
representedNationalTeamInCompetition British Home Championship
shirtNumberAtManchesterUnited 3
sport association football
wonCompetitionWithClub Football League First Division
yearsActiveAtClub 1951–1958
yearsActiveForNationalTeam 1954–1957
youthClub Manchester United F.C.

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Munich air disaster killedPerson Roger Byrne
BEA Flight 609 notableFatality Roger Byrne
Busby Babes notablePlayer Roger Byrne
Roger Byrne fullName Roger Byrne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roger William Byrne