Born in Newton Heath , Manchester , Lawton began his football career with Manchester United , joining the club as an amateur in 1956 . He was also involved in the club 's 1957 FA Youth Cup title . Following the Munich air disaster in 1958 , Lawton gave up his job with a local coal merchant to sign professional forms with Manchester United . However , while playing for the club 's reserve team , Lawton succumbed to a heavy bout of the flu , leading to double pneumonia and the temporary loss of the use of his legs
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Nobby Lawton