Bobby Charlton is a true Manchester United football club legend, born in 1937, he signed for United in the summer of 1953 as a 15-year-old and signed a professional contract the following year. Bobby Charlton went on to play 758 appearances and score 249 goals for the club.
Charlton was part of United's youth team that won the FA Youth Cup for three years in a row in 1954, 1955 and 1956. He made his United team debut against Charlton Athletic in 1956 and scored two goals on his debut, but he did not ' t start regularly for the first team until the latter part of the season, but he managed to score 10 goals as Manchester won the 1956/57 First Division title and missed out on the FA Cup when they lost to Aston Villa in the final.
By 1958, Bobby Charlton had secured a regular place on the team and scored regularly, scoring two goals in United's 3-3 draw against Partizan Belgrade in the Europa Cup quarter-finals, and it was on the return leg after a stop in เยี่ยมชมแมนยู, the plane crashed while attempting to take off, 20 of the 44 people on board the plane died in the crash, Bobby Charlton survived with relatively minor injuries and amazingly he was back and playing football within a month.
A period of rebuilding the team followed now and Charlton was an important part of the new team, he played a crucial role as Manchester United continued to win the league title again in 1965 and 1967, between these two titles that were the small matter at the 1966 World Cup, when Bobby Charlton played a leading role in the English side that won the tournament, including scoring two goals in the semi-final victory against Portugal. Bobby Charlton was cut off 106 times by England, scoring 49 goals for his country.
Charlton was named English and European Player of the Year in 1966, but his greatest recognition as a Manchester United player came in 1968, when he captained the side to their first European Cup, beating Benfica in the final and scoring two goals in the match that ended with 4 -1 victory for United after extra time.
Bobby Charlton ended his playing career in 1973 and he has been a member of the board since 1984, he remains on the board to this day, he will always be remembered as one of the greatest players ever to play for Manchester United
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