Museum for Man United legend Duncan Edwards opens in Dudley

The Duncan Edwards Museum was officially opened on Friday, 14 August, by the family of Jimmy Murphy, the assistant manager to Sir Matt Busby who played such an integral role in the careers of Duncan and the rest of the Busby Babes who illuminated English football in the 1950s.

Relatives of Duncan were also in attendance, together with dozens of United supporters and other football fans, to see the ribbon-cutting ceremony for what is believed to be the first museum dedicated to the memory of an individual footballer in England.

A wealth of memorabilia from his football career and his early life growing up in the West Midlands town of Dudley are packed into the small museum, just footsteps from where a statue of Duncan is on display in the marketplace.

Duncan was just 21 when he died from injuries sustained in the Munich air crash as the Babes returned from a European Cup match in Belgrade in February 1958. Yet, the powerful and skilful midfielder had already played 151 times for United and 18 times for England and many observers believed he was destined to become one of the greatest players of all time.