Sir Bobby Charlton had the ultimate football career. His death was announced by the club on Saturday afternoon.
By the age of 18, Bobby Charlton had already won 3 FA Youth Cups, but to get his place in Matt Busby's Manchester United team, the exciting young forward would need to hide an ankle injury from one of the shrewdest managers of all-time.
Bobby and the Babes were ready to conquer Europe. But, after United clinched a European Cup semi-final place with a win in Belgrade, the adventure turned to disaster. "I woke up the next morning and a German read the names out of the newspaper. And that's how I found out who was alive and who was dead. I don't understand why I was okay and they were killed. I've never come to terms with it."
It was Bobby who climbed the steps to become the first Englishman to lift the European Cup. But he chose to miss the celebrations, taking time alone to remember the friends he'd lost a decade earlier.But that was only half of his story. "After reaching the final I remember going with Ray Wilson to get a shirt, because we were going to see our wives for the first time in a few weeks," said Sir Bobby.
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