MANCHESTER UNITED legend Harry Gregg has died aged 87. The Munich Air Disaster hero saved the lives of Bobby Charlton and Denis Viollet, amongst others, as he pulled them from the burning wreckage after the 1958 crash. Gregg was travelling back from a European Cup game against Red Star Belgrade on February 6 with the rest of the ‘Busby Babes’ when the airplane they were travelling crashed after failing to take off on the snow-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport. Gregg was hailed the hero of the tragedy after he escaped and went back into the burning wreckage to rescue Vera Lukic, the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat, and her young daughter, Vesna. He then returned to the plane and rescued injured pair Charlton and Viollet, manager Matt Busby and Northern Ireland international team-mate Jackie Blanchflower. Incredibly, he played just 13 days later for United in a 3-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday.In his autobiography, Harry’s Game, he said of the crash: “Munich established my identity, of that there is no doubt. (But) the notoriety has come at a price, for Munich has cast a shadow over my life which I found difficult to dispel.” World Cup winner Charlton said in… Read full this story
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