Eight of the players – Roger Byrne ( 28 ) , Eddie Colman ( 21 ) , Mark Jones ( 24 ) , Duncan Edwards ( 21 ) , Billy Whelan ( 22 ) , Tommy Taylor ( 26 ) , David Pegg ( 22 ) and Geoff Bent ( 25 ) – died in or as a result of the Munich air disaster in February 1958 , while Jackie Blanchflower ( 24 at the time of the crash ) and senior player Johnny Berry ( 31 at the time of the crash ) were injured to such an extent that they never played again . Berry was the senior player in the team by the time of the crash , having been signed from Birmingham City in 1951 , by which time he was already 25
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
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