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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Classic Eye Witness Account of the Munich 1958 Air Crash,
By Billy Shakes (On a bull of mud circling the sun) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Day a Team Died (Hardcover)
Frank Taylor OBE was a journalist who had travelled with the team to Belgrade for the European Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg. After refuelling in Munich, the plane aborted two attempts at takeoff. On the third attempt, it crashed at the end of the runway. Twenty One people died, among them eight members of the United team. Frank Taylor's book tells more than the story of a football tragedy. It is a tale of courage and warm humanity that reached far beyond the world of football. The book is riveting. It makes essential reading for United fans and for all followers of the world's most popular sport. Its eye-witness account and historic pictures make it a book that I review every year on the anniversary of the crash. The names of Taylor, Byrne, Pegg, Bent, Edwards, Whelan, Jones and Coleman will never be forgotten. But for me (born five years after the crash) Frank Taylor makes them into real people, not just names we have learned to mourn.
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The Day a Team Died: The Classic Eye-Witness Account of Munich 1958 by sports writer. Frank Taylor (Paperback - April 1, 2012)
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