Sunday, 18 August 2024

THE LAST OF THE BUSBY BABES – JEFF WHITEFOOT

 

(31 December 1933 - 2 July 2024) 

 

On hearing about his passing

A statement from United read:

“There were few more perceptive

And precise passers of a football

In England than Jeff Whitefoot

During the mid-1950s”

 

In April 1950,

Aged 16 years and 105 days,

Jeff Whitefoot debuted as one

Of the original Busby Babes,

A team that, in the 1950s,

Took the First Division by storm

Known for its youth

And exciting football

Under legendary manager

Sir Matt Busby.

Jeff Whitefoot won two

First Division titles

As one of the Babes

In 1952 and 1956

He transferred to Grimsby

At the end of 1957.

Three months before the

Munich air disaster,

Which claimed the lives

Of eight of his former teammates.

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