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.

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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 UEFA Champions League ⓘ
surface form: 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 Team GB ⓘ
surface form: 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 Sir Matt Busby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby
placeOfBirth Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manchester ⓘ
surface form: 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. ⓘ
surface form: Manchester United F.C., 1970
returnedAsManagerEnd Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: FA Cup 1947–48

FA Cup ⓘ
surface form: FA Cup 1962–63

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Alexander Matthew Busby → alsoKnownAs → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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Alexander Matthew Busby → alsoKnownAs → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
Matthew → alsoKnownAs → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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Matthew → hasNotableBearer → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew Busby
Matthew → isGivenNameOf → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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Munich air disaster → managerAtTime → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Matt Busby
this entity surface form: Matt Busby
this entity surface form: Matt Busby
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Sir Matt Busby → nickname → Sir Matt Busby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Manchester United F.C. → notableManager → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
Munich air disaster → survivor → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Matt Busby
European Cup 1967–68 → winnerManager → Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
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