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Liam Whelan
Whelan in 1957
Personal information
Full name William Augustine Whelan
Date of birth (1935-04-01)1 April 1935
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 6 February 1958(1958-02-06) (aged 22)
Place of death Munich, West Germany
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Home Farm
Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1958 Manchester United 79 (43)
International career
1956–1957 Republic of Ireland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Augustine Whelan (1 April 1935 – 6 February 1958), known as Billy Whelan or Liam Whelan, was an Irish footballer who played as an inside-forward. He died at the age of 22, as one of eight Manchester United players who were killed in the Munich air disaster.

Whelan was born in Dublin. He was one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth Whelan. His father John was an accomplished centre half-back for Dublin club Brunswick and was instrumental in winning the FAI Junior Shield in 1924.[1] His mother was an avid Shamrock Rovers supporter.[2] His father died in 1943, when Whelan was just eight years old. He was not a confident flyer and just before the aeroplane took off from Munich, he was heard to say: "This may be death, but I'm ready."[citation needed]

He played Gaelic games, winning a medal for St Peter's of Phibsboro. Dublin GAA club Naomh Fionnbarra successfully had a railway bridge situated near the place of Whelan's birth renamed after him in 2006, while the Naomh Fionnbarra clubhouse also has Whelan's Manchester United membership card.[3]

  1. ^ "Junior Notes". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 5 May 1924. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Liam Whelan - a Talent Never To Be Forgotten". Irish Independent. 6 February 1988. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Remembering 'Busby Babe' Whelan and his GAA connection". Hogan Stand. 6 February 2021.

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