Manchester United's history is built in part on the brilliance of legendary individuals. Few harbour reverence as powerful as Duncan Edwards, born on this day - 1 October - in 1936...
What makes him special? The name and reputation of Duncan Edwards is still revered 57 years after the travesty of his death, aged just 21, in the Munich air disaster of 1958. Why? The impact he had, in terms of his achievements and the way he played the game, had already served notice that United possessed a world-class talent in the imposing figure of the Dudley-born half-back, who had signed for the club despite the close attentions of several rivals from the Midlands.