Geoff Bent

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Geoff Bent was an English footballer who played as a full-back for Manchester United and was one of the Busby Babes who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Busby Babe
Manchester United F.C. player
association football player
human
activeYearsEnd 1958
activeYearsStart 1950
basedIn Manchester
burialPlace Salford
causeOfDeath Munich air disaster
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1932-09-27
dateOfDeath 1958-02-06
describedBySource Manchester United F.C. club history
records of the Munich air disaster
employer Manchester United F.C.
ethnicGroup English
familyName Bent
genre men's association football
givenName Geoff
hasPartInCuriculum history of Manchester United F.C.
languageSpoken English
league English Football League
mannerOfDeath aviation accident
memberOfSportsTeam Manchester United F.C.
memorializedAt Manchesterplatz memorial in Munich
Old Trafford Munich clock memorial
notableFor being one of the Busby Babes
dying in the Munich air disaster
playing for Manchester United F.C.
occupation footballer
participantIn European Cup 1957–58
surface form: 1957–58 European Cup

Munich air disaster
partOf Busby Babes
placeOfBirth England
Lancashire
Salford
placeOfDeath Munich
West Germany
positionPlayedOnTeam full-back
relativePosition left-back
sexOrGender male
sport association football
sportingNationality English
wearsNumber 3

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Munich air disaster killedPerson Geoff Bent