The Day a Team Died: The Classic Eye-Witness Account of Munich 1958

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The Munich air crash of February 6th 1958 killed 8 members of Manchester United's Busby Babes, and seemed to be the end of the brilliant team Busby had built. Frank Taylor nearly died in the crash and during his hospitalization he wrote this book, and revised it extensively 25 years later to include subsequent knowledge about the crash, as well as to pay tribute to the United team that eventually won the European Cup in 1968 from the ashes of Busby's team. Even today Duncan Edwards is remembered as the greatest player England could have produced, and this revised edition pays tribute to Sir Matt Busby, who died in 1993.

Frank Taylor was the first Briton to serve as president of the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive (the world sports' writers association). Frank Taylor, OBE, was a legendary British sports journalist who wrote for the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, and the Sun. He was the first Briton to serve as president of the International Sports Press Association in 1973 and was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his services to sport and journalism.

Notable for a harrowing eye-witness tale of remarkable courage, Taylor also examines the events leading up to the disaster and its aftermath. -- Four Four Two * Four Four Two * People also have to understand what a great team it was and what English football lost that night. -- Sir Bobby Charlton Much has been written about February 6, 1958... Frank Taylor was the only journalist to survive, and here is his eye-witness account of the crash and its appalling aftermath... a fitting memorial to perhaps the finest United team ever -- Scotland on Sunday