Sir Matt Busby

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Knight Bachelor association football player football manager human

Sir Matt Busby was a legendary Scottish football manager best known for rebuilding Manchester United after the Munich air disaster and leading the club to multiple league titles and the 1968 European Cup.

Aliases (2)

Matt Busby ×10
Matthew Busby ×2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Knight Bachelor → association football player → football manager → human →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
commemoratedBy	Sir Matt Busby Way, road leading to Old Trafford →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1909-05-26 →
dateOfDeath	1994-01-20 →
dateOfKnighthood	1968 →
firstEnglishClubManagerToWin	European Cup →
fullName	Alexander Matthew Busby →
givenName	Alexander → Matthew →
hallOfFameInduction	English Football Hall of Fame →
hasStatueAt	Old Trafford →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
honouredBy	knighthood →
knownFor	attacking style of football → developing the Busby Babes youth team → rebuilding Manchester United after the Munich air disaster →
legacy	one of the greatest football managers of all time →
managed	Great Britain Olympic football team → Manchester United F.C. → Scotland national football team →
managerialTenureEnd	Manchester United F.C., 1969 →
managerialTenureStart	Manchester United F.C., 1945 →
nickname	Matt Busby →
placeOfBirth	Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Manchester, England →
playedFor	Liverpool F.C. → Manchester City F.C. →
positionPlayed	half-back →
reasonForKnighthood	services to football →
rebuiltClubAfter	Munich air disaster →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
returnedAsManager	Manchester United F.C., 1970 →
returnedAsManagerEnd	Manchester United F.C., 1971 →
servedIn	British Army →
sport	association football →
wonTitle	English First Division 1951–52 → English First Division 1955–56 → English First Division 1956–57 → English First Division 1964–65 → English First Division 1966–67 → European Cup 1967–68 → FA Cup 1947–48 → FA Cup 1962–63 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Matthew Busby ("Matt Busby") → Alexander Matthew Busby → Matthew Busby →	alsoKnownAs
English First Division 1951–52 ("Matt Busby") → English First Division 1966–67 ("Matt Busby") →	managerOfChampions
English First Division 1956–57 ("Matt Busby") → English First Division 1964–65 ("Matt Busby") →	managerOfChampionTeam
English First Division 1955–56 ("Matt Busby") → European Cup 1967–68 ("Matt Busby") →	winnerManager
English First Division 1951–52 →	championsManagerHonorific
Matthew ("Matthew Busby") →	hasNotableBearer
Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland →	hasNotablePersonBornHere
Matthew ("Matthew Busby") →	isGivenNameOf
Munich air disaster ("Matt Busby") →	managerAtTime
Sir Matt Busby ("Matt Busby") →	nickname
Manchester United F.C. →	notableManager
Munich air disaster ("Matt Busby") →	survivor