He is sometimes called ' The Hero of Munich ' because he pulled some of his teammates from the burning plane during the Munich air disaster – including Bobby Charlton , Jackie Blanchflower and Dennis Viollet . Among others he helped were Vera Lukić , the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat and her two-year-old daughter , Vesna , as well as his badly injured manager Sir Matt Busby . George Best , who used to clean his boots , said , " Bravery is one thing but what Harry did was about more than bravery . It was about goodness . " Gregg is rated by many as one of the best goalkeepers Manchester United ever had . He was unable to win a medal – made all the more frustrating for him by the fact that he played for the club during one of their most successful periods . He was ruled out of the 1963 FA Cup Final victory due to a serious shoulder injury , and a succession of injuries meant that he could not play enough games to qualify for a league championship medal in the 1964 – 65 season , and he was sold during the first half of their title winning campaign in 1966-67 title winning season . He was also on the losing side in the 1958 FA Cup Final and United 's decline in league form that season after losing so many players in the Munich tragedy meant that they finished ninth in a league that they had previously looked capable of winning . A year later United 's league form recovered but they finished runners-up to Wolverhampton Wanderers
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Harry Gregg