Sir Alexander Matthew Busby was a Scottish footballer and football manager. He played for Scotland national team. Busby managed Manchester United and led them to great success. Many people believe that Busby is one of the greatest football managers of all time.
As a player, Busby played for Manchester City and Liverpool. After his playing career, he went to manage Manchester United and built a great team called the Busby Babes. Eight of those players died in an airplane accident in Munich. This accident was called the Munich air disaster. But Busby again built a winning team after the disaster. He spent 25 years with Manchester United and won 13 trophies.
Club career statistics
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|1928-29||rowspan="8"|Manchester City||rowspan="8"|First Division||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |1929-30||11||3||1||2||12||5 |- |1930-31||20||0||1||0||21||0 |- |1931-32||41||1||5||0||46||1 |- |1932-33||39||1||7||1||46||2 |- |1933-34||39||4||8||0||47||4 |- |1934-35||35||1||1||0||36||1 |- |1935-36||19||1||1||0||20||1 |- |1935-36||rowspan="5"|Liverpool||rowspan="5"|First Division||11||1||colspan="2"|-||11||1 |- |1936-37||29||1||1||0||30||1 |- |1937-38||33||0||3||0||36||0 |- |1938-39||42||1||3||0||45||1 |- |1939-40||3||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0 322||14||31||3||353||17 322||14||31||3||353||17 |}
International career statistics
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|1933||1||0
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1909 births
1994 deaths
Footballers from Glasgow
Scottish football managers
Manchester United F.C.