The unveiling took place at the home game against Everton on 3 April 2016 | In the 2011 film , centred on the successes of the and the decimation of the team in the Munich crash, Charlton was portrayed by actor |
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In November 2020, it was revealed that Charlton had been diagnosed with | I have always been very proud of it |
Career statistics [ ] Club [ ] Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 14 10 2 1 — 1 1 0 0 17 12 21 8 7 5 — 2 3 0 0 30 16 38 29 1 0 — — — 39 29 37 18 3 3 — — — 40 21 39 21 3 0 0 0 — — 42 21 37 8 6 2 — — — 43 10 28 7 6 2 — — — 34 9 40 9 7 2 — 6 4 1 0 54 15 41 10 7 0 — 11 8 — 59 18 38 16 7 0 — 8 2 1 0 54 18 42 12 2 0 0 0 — — 44 12 41 15 2 1 — 9 2 1 2 53 20 32 5 6 0 — 8 2 2 0 48 7 40 12 9 1 8 1 — — 57 14 42 5 2 0 6 3 — — 50 8 40 8 7 2 6 2 — — 53 12 36 6 1 0 4 1 — — 41 7 Total 606 199 78 19 24 7 45 22 5 2 758 249 38 8 4 1 3 1 — — 45 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 — — 4 1 Career total 647 208 83 20 27 8 45 22 5 2 807 260 International [ ] Main article: England senior team Year Apps Goals 1958 6 7 1959 7 5 1960 8 6 1961 9 6 1962 8 1 1963 10 6 1964 8 2 1965 5 2 1966 15 6 1967 4 2 1968 8 3 1969 9 1 1970 9 2 Total 106 49 Honours [ ] Club [ ] Source: Manchester United• and Bobby Charlton, December 1964 By now, England were coached by who had managed to gain sole control of the recruitment and team selection procedure from the -based call-up system which had lasted up to the previous World Cup.
7As he convalesced with family in Ashington, he spent some time kicking a ball around with local youths, and a famous photograph of him was taken | 1962 World Cup [ ] He played in qualifiers for the in against and Portugal and was named in the squad for the finals themselves |
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Charlton, strapped into his seat, had fallen out of the cabin; when United goalkeeper who had somehow got through a hole in the plane unscathed and begun a one-man rescue mission found him, he thought he was dead | Personal life and retirement [ ] Charlton met his wife, Norma Ball, at an in Manchester in 1959 and they married in 1961 |
Charlton was an established player by the time the next season was fully underway, which saw United, as current League champions, become the first English team to compete in the | Euro 1968 [ ] Charlton's next England game was his 75th as England beat ; 2 caps later and he had become England's second most-capped player, behind the veteran , who was approaching his 100th appearance when Charlton was starting out and ended with 105 caps |
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Even though other clubs had taken part in the competition in the intervening decade, the team which got to this final was still the first English side to do so | Previously, had scorned the competition, but United made progress, reaching the semi-finals where they lost to holders |
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