Celebrity Deaths

[NathanR]

RE: Celebrity Deaths
The last surviving member of the Manchester United 'Busby Babes' squad of the 1950's - Jeff Whitefoot, has died at the age of 90.

Whitefoot, a wing-half joined United straight from school, winning the First Division title twice (1952 and 1956) and the 1952 FA Charity Shield before moving to Grimsby in late-1957. Eight of his former teammates would lose their lives in the Munich air disaster a few months later in February 1958 which claimed an additional 15 lives. After spending a season at Grimsby, he then moved to Nottingham Forest, winning the FA Cup in 1959 as well as being the last surviving member of the winning squad following Billy Gray's death in April 2011) - Whitefood would remain with Forest until he retired following the conclusion of the 1966-67 season, in which Nottingham Forest finished 2nd in the First Division, behind his former club.

RIP.