HEROES
In this section we will pay our tribute to those who are legends and heroes. Due to
them we became what we are … THE CHAMPIONS
Duncan Edwards
Aneek R. Haque
“When I used to hear Muhammad Ali proclaim to
the world that he was the greatest, I would always
smile.
The greatest of them all was a footballer named Duncan Edwards” - Jimmy
Murphy
I
s it possible that Duncan Edwards was
really that good? Greater, perhaps, than Pele or
Alfredo di Stefano? Frustratingly, there being
little film footage available of him in action, we must
depend upon the evidence of eyewitnesses at the
time. "He was the best player I've ever seen and the
best footballer I ever played with," says Sir Bobby
Charlton. "I always felt I could compare well with
any player H^