Harry Gregg

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Harry Gregg was a Northern Irish football goalkeeper, best known for his heroism in rescuing teammates and passengers during the 1958 Munich air disaster while playing for Manchester United.

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Harry Gregg canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf association football goalkeeper ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Football Writers’ Association Tribute Award ⓘ
Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Coleraine Cemetery ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
clubAppearances 247 for Manchester United ⓘ
countryOfBirth Northern Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Northern Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-10-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-02-16 ⓘ
describedBy often called the ‘Hero of Munich’ ⓘ
ethnicGroup Northern Irish ⓘ
founded Harry Gregg Foundation ⓘ
fullName Henry Gregg ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
honorificSuffix MBE ⓘ
leagueDebutFor Manchester United F.C. in 1957 ⓘ
managed Carlisle United F.C. ⓘ
Crewe Alexandra F.C. ⓘ
linked to: Crewe Alexandra

Keflavík ÍF ⓘ
linked to: Keflavík

Red Star F.C. (France) ⓘ
Shrewsbury Town F.C. ⓘ
Swansea City A.F.C. ⓘ
memberOf Busby Babes ⓘ
nationalCaps 25 for Northern Ireland ⓘ
nationalTeam Northern Ireland national football team ⓘ
nickname Harry Gregg ⓘ
notableFor rescuing teammates and passengers during the 1958 Munich air disaster ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation football manager ⓘ
footballer ⓘ
participatedIn 1958 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1958 Munich air disaster ⓘ
linked to: Munich air disaster
placeOfBirth Magherafelt ⓘ
placeOfDeath Coleraine ⓘ
playedFor Coleraine F.C. ⓘ
Doncaster Rovers F.C. ⓘ
Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
Stoke City F.C. ⓘ
positionPlayed goalkeeper ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Coleraine ⓘ
shirtNumberAtManchesterUnited 1 ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
spouse Margo Gregg ⓘ
transferFeeToManchesterUnited 23000 pounds sterling ⓘ

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Munich air disaster → survivor → Harry Gregg ⓘ
BEA Flight 609 → notableSurvivor → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Busby Babes → notablePlayer → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Harry Gregg → nickname → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Oran Kearney → relative → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Harry Gregg Foundation → namedAfter → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Harry Gregg Foundation → inspiredBy → Harry Gregg ⓘ
Margo Gregg → spouse → Harry Gregg ⓘ