Matt Busby
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexander Matthew Busby | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 20 January 1994 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Cheadle, , England | ||
| Playing position |
Right half Inside forward |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1928 | Denny Hibs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1936 | Manchester City | 204 | (11) |
| 1936–1941 | Liverpool | 115 | (3) |
| 1941–1943 | → Hibernian (guest) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 319 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1933 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| 1941 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1945–1969 | Manchester United | ||
| 1948 | Great Britain | ||
| 1958 | Scotland | ||
| 1970–1971 | Manchester United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. His managerial records and longevity at the helm of Manchester United are surpassed only by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. During his time at City, Busby played in two FA Cup Finals, winning one of them. After his playing career was interrupted by the Second World War, Busby was offered the job of assistant coach at Liverpool, but they were unwilling to give him the control over the first team that he wanted. As a result, he took the vacant manager's job at Manchester United instead, where he built the famous Busby Babes team. In a total of 25 years with the club, he won 13 trophies.
Busby was born to Alexander and Helen "Nellie" Busby (née Greer) in a two-roomed pitman's cottage in the mining village of Orbiston, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire. When he was born, Busby's mother was told by the doctor, "A footballer has come into this house today". Busby's father was a miner, but was called up to serve in the First World War, being killed by a sniper's bullet on 23 April 1917 at the Battle of Arras. Three of his uncles were killed in France with the Cameron Highlanders. Busby's mother was left to raise Matt and his three sisters alone until her marriage to a man called Harry Matthie in 1919.
Busby would often accompany his father down into the coal pits, but his true aspiration was to become a professional footballer. In his 1973 autobiography Busby described himself as being as football mad as any other boy in Bellshill citing in particular the impression made on him by Alex James and Hughie Gallacher.
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