"He was a giant, and even today his loss is the hardest thing to bear”

Happy B’day Big Dunc!

Here are some quotes about the mighty Duncan Edwards:

“The bigger the occasion the better he liked it.”

- Sir Matt Busby

“He was more than a great player – sometimes he seemed like some bright light in the sky. He was a giant, and even today his loss is the hardest thing to bear.”- Sir Bobby Charlton

“Duncan Edwards is the one person who, even today, I really felt inferior to. I’ve never know anybody so gifted and strong and powerful with the presence that he had.”- Sir Bobby Charlton

“When I used to hear Muhammed Ali proclaim to the world he was the greatest I used to smile. You see, the greatest of them all was an English footballer named Duncan Edwards.”- Jimmy Murphy

“There is no doubt in my mind that Duncan would have become the greatest player ever. Not just in British football, with United and England, but the best in the world. George Best was something special, as was Pelé and Maradona, but in my mind Duncan was much better in terms of all-round ability and skill.”-Tommy Docherty

“When he first came to Old Trafford I tried to find fault with Duncan, but I couldn’t find one. He was never really a boy, in football terms. He was always a man.”- Sir Matt Busby

“You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.”- Tommy Docherty

“I wasn’t fit to tie his shoe laces.”- Sir Bobby Charlton

“He was the greatest player I ever seen.”- Terry Venables

“We definitely did lose one of the all-time greats.”- Wilf McGuinness