The room featured a great deal of memorabilia connected to local football legend and Busby Babe Duncan Edwards , who was born in the town in 1936 , and won two Football League title medals with Manchester United and was capped 18 times by the England national football team until he died from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster in February 1958 , when still only 21 . There were plans to introduce other local sporting heroes . The museum also held a large collection of fine art , including oil paintings , watercolours , and prints , which were rotated in and out of display . Among these were works by local artist Percy Shakespeare
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Dudley Museum and Art Gallery