England’s greatest player has died at the age of 86. What is his legacy and what did he mean to you?
Only two Englishmen have been victorious in World Cup and European Cup finals: Nobby Stiles, who died three years ago this week, and Bobby Charlton, the greatest of them all.
Charlton lived many lives in football: the Busby Babe who lit up Europe with his best friends and then had to grapple with their tragic deaths in Munich; the World Cup winner who lifted the trophy with his big brother; a third of the Holy Trinity in the Manchester United team that became the first English side to win the European Cup; and, finally, a director at the club and confidant to Alex Ferguson as United won it all again.
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