A wing half , Goodwin was signed as a trainee from Cheshire Schoolboys by Manchester United on 1 October 1953 as one of the Busby Babes . He made his senior debut for the club on 20 November 1954 against Arsenal . He helped the club win the 1956 and 1957 league championships , and was a member of the United team that made a comeback from the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight players and ended the careers of two others , to reach the 1958 FA Cup Final , losing 2 – 0 to Bolton Wanderers . He was not on the plane to Munich , having not been selected in the squad for the quarter-final second leg tie with Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Freddie Goodwin