He made one appearance for the Manchester United first team in the 1956-57 season , having graduated from the youth team at Old Trafford and signing as an apprentice around the same time as Dudley born Duncan Edwards in the early 1950s . He represented the club at the funerals of Edwards and the seven other United players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster in February 1958
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Gordon Clayton (footballer, born 1936)