Association Football
- February 6 – Munich air disaster. 23 people died as a result of the crash at Munich airport including 7 Manchester United players:
- Geoff Bent (25)
- Roger Byrne (28)
- Eddie Colman (21)
- Mark Jones (24)
- David Pegg (22)
- Tommy Taylor (26)
- Liam Whelan (22)
- Duncan Edwards (21), who died of his injuries on 21 February
- Also killed was former Manchester City and England goalkeeper Frank Swift (44), who was then a reporter
Read more about this topic: 1958 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words association and/or football:
“With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.”
—Clarence Darrow (1857–1938)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)