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Sir
Bobby Charlton
CBE

Charlton in 1966

Personal information

Full name

\nRobert Charlton

Date of birth

\n11 October 1937

Place of birth

\nAshington, Northumberland, England

Date of death

\n21 October 2023 (aged 86)

Place of death

\nMacclesfield, Cheshire, England

Height

\n5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)^[1]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder, forward

Youth career

\nEast Northumberland Schools

1953\u20131956

\nManchester United

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1956\u20131973

\nManchester United

\n606

\n(199)

1974\u20131975

\nPreston North End

\n38

\n(8)

1976

\nWaterford

\n3

\n(1)

1978

\nNewcastle KB United

\n1

\n(0)

1980

\nPerth Azzurri

\n3

\n(2)

1980

\nBlacktown City

\n1

\n(1)

Total

\n652

\n(211)

International career

1953

\nEngland Schoolboys

\n4

\n(5)

1954

\nEngland Youth

\n1

\n(1)

1958\u20131960

\nEngland U23

\n6

\n(5)

1958\u20131970

\nEngland

\n106

\n(49)

Managerial career

1973\u20131975

\nPreston North End

1983

\nWigan Athletic (caretaker)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ England\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1966 England	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
$\"Third$	1968 Italy	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sir Robert Charlton (11 October 1937 \u2013 21 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time,^[2]^[3] he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1967 and 1968. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts, passing abilities from midfield, ferocious long-range shooting from both left and right foot, fitness, and stamina. He was cautioned only twice in his career; once against Argentina in the 1966 World Cup, and once in a league match against Chelsea. With success at club and international level, he was one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Cup and the Ballon d'Or. His elder brother Jack, who was also in the World Cup\u2013winning team, was a former defender for Leeds United and also for ten years was the manager of the Republic of Ireland.\n

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Charlton made his debut for the Manchester United first-team in 1956, aged 18, and soon gained a regular place in the team, during which time he became a Football League First Division champion in 1957 then survived the Munich air disaster of February 1958 after being rescued by teammate Harry Gregg; Charlton was the last survivor of the plane crash from the club. After helping United to win the FA Cup in 1963 and the Football League in 1965 and 1967, he captained the team that won the European Cup in 1968, scoring two goals in the final to help them become the first English club to win the competition. Charlton left Manchester United to become manager of Preston North End for the 1973\u201374 season.^[4] He changed to player-manager the following season. He next accepted a post as a director with Wigan Athletic, then became a member of Manchester United's board of directors in 1984.^[5]\n

At international level, Charlton was named in the England squad for four World Cups (1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970), though he did not play in the first. At the time of his retirement from the England team in 1970, he was the nation's most capped player, having turned out 106 times at the highest level; Bobby Moore overtook this in 1973. Charlton was the long-time record goalscorer for both Manchester United and England, and United's long-time record appearance maker \u2013 his total of 758 matches for United took until 2008 to be beaten, when Ryan Giggs did so in that year's Champions League final.^[6] With 249 goals, he was the club's highest all-time goalscorer for more than 40 years, until his record was surpassed by Wayne Rooney in 2017. He is also the third-highest goalscorer for England;^[7] his record of 49 goals was beaten in 2015 by Rooney, and again by Harry Kane in 2022.^[8]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup\n	League cup\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Manchester United\n	1956\u201357\n	First Division\n	14	10	2	1	\u2014	1	1	0	0	17	12\n
1957\u201358\n	First Division\n	21	8	7	5	\u2014	2	3	0	0	30	16\n
1958\u201359\n	First Division\n	38	29	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	39	29\n
1959\u201360\n	First Division\n	37	18	3	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	40	21\n
1960\u201361\n	First Division\n	39	21	3	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	42	21\n
1961\u201362\n	First Division\n	37	8	6	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	43	10\n
1962\u201363\n	First Division\n	28	7	6	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	34	9\n
1963\u201364\n	First Division\n	40	9	7	2	\u2014	6	4	1	0	54	15\n
1964\u201365\n	First Division\n	41	10	7	0	\u2014	11	8	\u2014	59	18\n
1965\u201366\n	First Division\n	38	16	7	0	\u2014	8	2	1	0	54	18\n
1966\u201367\n	First Division\n	42	12	2	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	44	12\n
1967\u201368\n	First Division\n	41	15	2	1	\u2014	9	2	1	2	53	20\n
1968\u201369\n	First Division\n	32	5	6	0	\u2014	8	2	2	0	48	7\n
1969\u201370\n	First Division\n	40	12	9	1	8	1	\u2014	\u2014	57	14\n
1970\u201371\n	First Division\n	42	5	2	0	6	3	\u2014	\u2014	50	8\n
1971\u201372\n	First Division\n	40	8	7	2	6	2	\u2014	\u2014	53	12\n
1972\u201373\n	First Division\n	36	6	1	0	4	1	\u2014	\u2014	41	7\n
Total\n	606	199	78	19	24	7	45	22	5	2	758	249\n
Preston North End\n	1974\u201375\n	Third Division\n	38	8	4	1	3	1	\u2014	\u2014	45	10\n
Waterford United\n	1975\u201376\n	League of Ireland\n	3	1	1	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	4	1\n
Newcastle KB United\n	1978\n	National Soccer League\n	1	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Perth Azzurri\n	1979\n	National Premier Leagues Western Australia\n	3	2	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	3	2\n
Blacktown City\n	1980\n	National Soccer League\n	1	1	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	1	1\n
Career total\n	652	211	83	20	27	8	45	22	5	2	812	263\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
England^[71]\n	1958\n	6	7\n
1959\n	7	5\n
1960\n	8	6\n
1961\n	9	6\n
1962\n	8	1\n
1963\n	10	6\n
1964\n	8	2\n
1965\n	5	2\n
1966\n	15	6\n
1967\n	4	2\n
1968\n	8	3\n
1969\n	9	1\n
1970\n	9	2\n
Total\n	106	49\n

v t e Munich air disaster
6 February 1958
Deaths	\n Geoff Bent \n Roger Byrne \n Eddie Colman \n Walter Crickmer \n Tom Curry \n Donny Davies \n Duncan Edwards \n Mark Jones \n David Pegg \n Kenneth Rayment \n Frank Swift \n Tommy Taylor \n Bert Whalley \n Billy Whelan \n
Survivors	\n Johnny Berry \n Jackie Blanchflower \n Matt Busby \n Bobby Charlton \n Bill Foulkes \n Harry Gregg \n Kenny Morgans \n Albert Scanlon \n Frank Taylor \n James Thain \n Dennis Viollet \n Ray Wood \n

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Early life

Club career

Munich air disaster

Resuming his career

International career

1962 World Cup

1966 World Cup

Euro 1968

1970 World Cup

Style of play

Management career and directorships

Personal life and retirement

Death

In popular culture

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

Bibliography

References

External links

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