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RIP Harry Gregg

Postby cromwell » 17 Feb 2020, 12:52

The ex-Man United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg has died at the age of 87. As well as being one of Man U's best ever 'keepers he was the hero of the Munich air disaster.
When United's plane crashed attempting to take off from Munich Airport Gregg first fought his way out of the crashed plane and then ignored an order to get clear of the plane in case it exploded.
Instead he went back into the burning wreckage and saved the lives of several people, including the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat and her young daughter, and Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viollet, both of whom were unconscious. Gregg dragged them out by their trouser waistbands.
What a man.
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Re: RIP Harry Gregg

Postby TheOstrich » 17 Feb 2020, 14:04

Yes, a hero and a legend. RIP Harry Gregg.
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Re: RIP Harry Gregg

Postby Kaz » 17 Feb 2020, 16:24

RIP, sir xxxx
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