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As a player, Busby enjoyed spells at Manchester City F.C and Liverpool F.C. and played at international level for Scotland once, before his career was cut short by the World War II.

Busby joined Manchester United as manager in 1945. His team were runners up in the league in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1952 before winning the championship in 1952. During this time, the team picked up the affectionate nickname the Busby Babes, due to the youthfulness of some of his signings, and included players such as Bobby Charlton and Duncan EdwardsDuncan Edwards ( October 1, 1936 February 21, 1958) was an English footballer. Born in Dudley, England, Signed for United June 1952 (amateur), 1 October 1953 (professional). On the 4 April 1953, he became the youngest footballer to play in the First Divis. They won the league in both 1956 and 1957 and were beaten FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup commonly known as the FA Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its presti finalists in 1957.

In 1958, tradgedy struck the Busby Babes as the Munich air disasterThe Munich air disaster happened on February 6, 1958, when British European Flight 609 a British European Airways "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft (G-ALZU 'Lord Burghley'), carrying players and backroom staff of Manchester United F took the lives of eight members of the team. Busby himself was severely injured and was twice given his last rites.

In the 1960s, Busby rebuilt the Manchester United team, with famous players including Denis LawDenis Law (born February 24 1940 in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Despite being Scottish, Law spent most of his career playi and George BestGeorge Best (born May 22, 1946) was a Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast. He is best known for playing for Manchester United F. between 1963 and 1973, where he wore the famous number 7 shirt. He made 361 appearances for the club, and was a top goa. The biggest success of his career came in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the when the team won the European Cup. He retired as manager in 1969, and remained at the club as a director until 1982.

Busby was awarded the CBE in 1958 and knighted following the European Cup victory in 1968.

He was mentioned in the Beatles song, "Dig It".