Eddie Colman

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Eddie Colman
Personnel
Surname Edward Colman
birthday November 1, 1936
place of birth SalfordEngland
date of death February 6, 1958
Place of death MunichGermany
position Outrunner
Juniors
Years station
1952-1953 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1953-1958 Manchester United 85 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Edward "Eddie" Colman (born November 1, 1936 in Salford , † February 6, 1958 in Munich ) was an English football player . The outside runner belonged to the "Busby Babes" of Manchester United in the 1950s and was one of eight players at the time who were killed in the Munich plane crash in February 1958 .

Athletic career

Colman joined Manchester United's youth division in the summer of 1952. In the course of the 1955/56 season he won after his debut in November 1955 against the Bolton Wanderers on the position of the right outer runner next to Duncan Edwards a regular place in the first team. With a height of just under 1.70 meters, he made a name for himself as a “bundle of energy” and with his frequent dribbling he developed an unmistakable sequence of movements. Because of his agile movements with apparently wobbling hips, he was nicknamed "Snakehips" ("snake hip"); In addition, teammates occasionally criticized him for holding the ball too often - a similar accusation was made a decade later to the address of George Best . With his style of play he formed a clear contrast to the physically stronger Edwards in the runner row.

Colman immediately won the English championship in the young team that became famous as "Busby Babes" . The following year he even managed to defend his title and was in the 1957 FA Cup final , which was lost 2-1 to Aston Villa . In total, he completed 107 competitive games for "United" and he scored two goals. He scored one goal in the quarter-final first leg of the European championship against Red Star Belgrade . Since he also completed the second leg in Belgrade, he was one of the passengers sitting in the plane that crashed in Munich. At 21 years and three months, he was the youngest of 23 fatalities.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ponting, Ivan: Manchester United Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59496-3 , pp. 24 .