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Harry Gregg RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
in Other Football and Sports
The former Manchester United keeper and survivor of the Munich air crash has died aged 87.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    RIP - Does that just leave Bobby as the sole survivor?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    Believe so.

    Gregg rescued Bobby and others from the wreckage.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    RIP. A real hero.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469

    RIP Harry.

    Very brave man Harry.

  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,140
    RIP
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,146
    RIP to a football great. 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    RIP 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,780
    He never thought of himself as a hero but at least three people owe their life to him.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
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  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Showed real bravery at Munich. RIP
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    Humble and brave.
    RIP.......Harry.......RIP.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited February 2020
    Harry Gregg is a legend and a reluctant hero.
    Not only helping to get Bobby Charlton, Denis Violet and others clear of the burning wreck of the plane but also a Serbian pregnant Mother, and her toddler out of the carnage.

    Unbelievably Harry and Bill Foulkes played  two weeks later alongside youth and guest players 

    Harry had more tragedy to deal will just 3 years later when his young wife died of Cancer. A top goalkeeper who's own life transcended Football.

    RIP Harry Gregg:  you were a true Legend and a Hero.


  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    RIP Harry Gregg. A great goalkeeper and a great man.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Proper legend, great player and very modest hero.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    RIP Harry

    A brave man and a talented goalkeeper.
  • Silverdreammachine
    Silverdreammachine Posts: 370
    RIP. Genuine hero, at his peak best goalkeeper in the UK.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    RIP
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    soapboxsam said:
    Harry Gregg is a legend and a reluctant hero.
    Not only helping to get Bobby Charlton, Denis Violet and others clear of the burning wreck of the plane but also a Serbian pregnant Mother, and her toddler out of the carnage.

    Unbelievably Harry and Bill Foulkes played  two weeks later alongside youth and guest players 

    Harry had more tragedy to deal will just 3 years later when his young wife died of Cancer. A top goalkeeper who's own life transcended Football.

    RIP Harry Gregg:  you were a true Legend and a Hero.


    I believe that Serbian woman was the mother of John Lukic (born a couple of years later).

    Very talented goalkeeper, a fine human being by all accounts, and on that day a true hero.

    Thoughts with his family and friends, and a special mention for Bobby Charlton who must be full of very deep emotions at the news.

    RIP Harry.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    bobmunro said:
    soapboxsam said:
    Harry Gregg is a legend and a reluctant hero.
    Not only helping to get Bobby Charlton, Denis Violet and others clear of the burning wreck of the plane but also a Serbian pregnant Mother, and her toddler out of the carnage.

    Unbelievably Harry and Bill Foulkes played  two weeks later alongside youth and guest players 

    Harry had more tragedy to deal will just 3 years later when his young wife died of Cancer. A top goalkeeper who's own life transcended Football.

    RIP Harry Gregg:  you were a true Legend and a Hero.


    I believe that Serbian woman was the mother of John Lukic (born a couple of years later).

    Very talented goalkeeper, a fine human being by all accounts, and on that day a true hero.

    Thoughts with his family and friends, and a special mention for Bobby Charlton who must be full of very deep emotions at the news.

    RIP Harry.
    Urban myth, unfortunatly
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Henry is correct.
    The mother was the wife of a Serbian Diplomat and their surname was Lukic.
    John Lukic was born 11/12/60 nearly two years after so wasn't the toddler or the unborn baby.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    soapboxsam said:
    Henry is correct.
    The mother was the wife of a Serbian Diplomat and their surname was Lukic.
    John Lukic was born 11/12/60 nearly two years after so wasn't the toddler or the unborn baby.
    I knew he wasn't the toddler or the unborn - the dates don't tally. But I believed the urban myth (until now!)
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,725
    RIP 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    maybe because they are both keepers but Dillon Philips reminds me at little of Harry Gregg in looks. 

    NB not comparing them as players 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    RIP Harry.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    RIP..genuinely a hero 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    A brave man who lived through tragedy and went on to live to a good age .. R I P
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    RIP Harry, top keeper. Unfortunately Duncan Edwards, who my father said was a fantastic player at only 21 years old, never survived the Munich air tragedy.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Thankfully getting decent coverage re his life on the radio. A true legend of the game.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    https://www.ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk/2020/02/others-eulogise-assassins-but-harry-gregg-was-a-hero-all-ulster-people-can-be-proud-of/

    Might interest some.

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