Bert Whalley
{{Infobox football biography | name = Bert Whalley | image = | fullname = Herbert Whalley | birth_date = 6 August 1913[1] | birth_place = Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England | death_date = 6 February 1958 (aged 44) | death_place = Munich, West Germany | height = | position = Half-back | youthyears1 = |]], Whalley first played for Stalybridge Celtic before transferring to Manchester United on 7 May 1934. He made his debut for Manchester United in 1935 as a left-half. The war years prevented him from making more than the 35 appearances he ultimately accrued. Upon Matt Busby's appointment as manager in 1945, Whalley was made first-team coach. After chief coach Jimmy Murphy officially became assistant manager to Busby in 1955, Whalley was promoted to the role of chief coach.
Whalley was played by actor Dean Andrews in the 2011 television drama United, which centred on the successes of the Busby Babes and the decimation of the team in the Munich crash.[2]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Walker, Graham (24 April 2011). "United: 'Honoured' to be in Busby Babes TV drama, says Ashes star Dean Andrews". Sheffield Telegraph. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
External links
- Profile at StretfordEnd.co.uk
- Profile at MUFCInfo.com
- http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/news/s/1035544_moving_tributes_to_tragic_united_coach
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- People from Ashton-under-Lyne
- 1913 births
- 1958 deaths
- Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
- Liverpool F.C. wartime guest players
- The Football League players
- Association football midfielders
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs