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04.05.2023 - 03:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Before Wednesday, only five figures had been immortalised in bronze at Old Trafford and three are prefixed with 'Sir'.
Now, there is a sixth. Jimmy Murphy was not knighted and nor was he a Ballon d'Or winner but he was one of the most vital individuals in United's 145-year history.
Erik ten Hag dubbed Murphy "the main person in the history of Manchester United". Sir Bobby Charlton said he was the making of him. Murphy urged Sir Matt Busby to promote a waifish George Best to the starting XI.
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For a man not on British European Airways Flight 609 that fatefully stopped in Munich on February 6 1958, Murphy is defined by the city and the tragedy that decimated one of United's greatest teams. For that alone, his legacy is comparable with Busby and Ferguson.
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Old Trafford, a velvet cover was draped over a statue of Murphy outside the Stretford End. It marked 65 years to the day since Murphy led United out at Wembley for the FA Cup final against Bolton.
Fittingly, the Murphy statue is directly above the touchline of the old ash-cinder pitch where he used to train the Busby Babes. His son, Jimmy Junior, delivered a moving paean to his father, who passed away in 1989.
"It's hard to explain Jimmy Murphy unless you lived with him, or in our case, didn't live with him, because he was never in," he quipped.
"In the weeks and months after the Munich air crash, the phone never stopped ringing. Unfortunately for myself, I used to do my homework in the room where the phone was and I was doing O-levels that year, so I didn't do as well in my exams as I might. Not blaming my father for that, but it's his fault."
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