David Pegg

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David Pegg
Personnel
birthday September 20, 1935
place of birth Doncaster ,  England
date of death February 6, 1958
Place of death Munich ,  Germany
position Winger (left)
Juniors
Years station
1950-1952 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1952-1958 Manchester United 127 (24)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1956-1957 England U-23 2 0(0)
1956 England B 1 0(0)
1957 England 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

David Pegg (born September 20, 1935 in Doncaster , † February 6, 1958 in Munich ) was an English football player . The winger was one of Manchester United's "Busby Babes" in the 1950s and was one of eight active players at the time who died in the Munich plane crash.

Athletic career

Even at school age, Pegg was considered one of the greatest football talents of his year and several top English clubs were said to be interested in him. Ultimately, the decision was made early on for Manchester United and only two months after his 17th birthday he made his debut in the first division against FC Middlesbrough for "United". From then on he was a left winger regular in the young team coached by Matt Busby , which became famous as "Busby Babes" and won two English championships in series in 1956 and 1957. The personal highlight was his performance in the European Cup against Real Madrid in April 1957 , although the game was lost, but caused Real to consider signing a new full-back who would have been more suitable for a duel with Pegg in the following years.

Pegg's style of play was characterized by a good passing game and instead of pacing and dribbling on the outside lane, he was more often drawn inwards, with his strong left foot often looking for the end of the goal. His movement sequence was described as "supple" overall. Mostly he formed a duo with Dennis Viollet on the left ; in addition, center forward Tommy Taylor particularly benefited from Pegg's precise crosses. In the course of the 1957/58 season Pegg, who had already completed an A international match for England, lost his regular place to Albert Scanlon . Nonetheless, when it came to an abrupt end in February 1958, he was still forecast to have a good sports career. After the quarter-final second leg of the European championship competition against Red Star Belgrade , he was one of the passengers on the plane that crashed in Munich. At 22 years and four months, he was one of the youngest of 23 fatalities.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results - Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ^ "England - International Results B-Team - Details" (RSSSF)
  3. ^ Ponting, Ivan: Manchester United Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59496-3 , pp. 17 .
personal data
SURNAME Pegg, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Doncaster , England
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1958
Place of death Munich , Germany