Ian Denzil Greaves ( 26 May 1932 – 2 January 2009 ) was an English football player and manager . He was born in Crompton , Lancashire . He won a League Championship medal and an FA Cup runners-up medal while playing full-back for Manchester United between 1953 and 1960 . He was not with the United team when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958 , as he was ruled out by injury . He was the first player to occupy the left-back position at United after the death of captain Roger Byrne at Munich
Munich air disaster
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