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Matt Busby

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Matt Busby
Busby in 1957
Personal information
Full name Alexander Matthew Busby
Date of birth (1909-05-26)26 May 1909
Place of birth Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland
Date of death 20 January 1994(1994-01-20) (aged 84)
Place of death Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928 Denny Hibs
1928–1936 Manchester City 204 (11)
1936–1945 Liverpool 115 (3)
1941–1943Hibernian (guest) 0 (0)
Total 319 (14)
National team
1933 Scotland 1 (0)
1941 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
1942–1945 Scotland (wartime) 7 (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

Sir Alexander Matthew Busby was a Scottish footballer and football manager. He played for Scotland national team. Busby managed Manchester United and led them to great success. Many people believe that Busby is one of the greatest football managers of all time.

As a player, Busby played for Manchester City and Liverpool. After his playing career, he went to manage Manchester United and built a great team called the Busby Babes. Eight of those players died in an airplane accident in Munich. This accident was called the Munich air disaster. But Busby again built a winning team after the disaster. He spent 25 years with Manchester United and won 13 trophies.

Career statistics

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Playing career

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Charity Shield Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 1928–29 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929–30 First Division 11 3 1 2 0 0 12 5
1930–31 First Division 20 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
1931–32 First Division 41 1 5 0 0 0 46 1
1932–33 First Division 39 1 7 1 0 0 46 2
1933–34 First Division 39 4 8 0 0 0 47 4
1934–35 First Division 35 1 1 0 1 0 37 1
1935–36 First Division 19 1 1 0 0 0 20 1
Total 204 11 24 3 1 0 229 14
Liverpool 1935–36 First Division 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
1936–37 First Division 29 1 1 0 0 0 30 1
1937–38 First Division 33 0 3 0 0 0 36 0
1938–39 First Division 42 1 3 0 0 0 45 1
Total 115 3 7 0 0 0 122 3
Career total 319 14 31 3 1 0 351 17

Managerial career

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Manchester United 1 October 1945 4 June 1969 1,120 565 263 292 050.41 [2]
Great Britain July 1948 August 1948 4 2 0 2 050.0
Scotland 15 January 1958 December 1958 2 1 1 0 050.0 [3]
Manchester United 29 December 1970 8 June 1971 21 11 3 7 052.4 [2]
Total 1,147 579 267 301 050.5

1Does not include matches for which Jimmy Murphy served as acting manager following the Munich air disaster.

Manchester City

Manchester United

Individual

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Orders and special awards

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References

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  1. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Matt Busby (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matt Busby management career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. "Matt Busby | Scotland". Scottish FA. 8 September 2021.
  4. "Greatest Managers, No. 7: Matt Busby". ESPN FC. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "France Football have ranked the 50 greatest managers of all time". GiveMeSport. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.