Jeff Whitefoot dead at 90: Last-surviving Busby Babe passes away as Man Utd lead tributes
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Jeff Whitefoot has died at the age of 90.
United confirmed the sad news with a long tribute to Whitefoot, who was the last-surviving Busby Babe.
He was part of the most talented crop of kids in football history — the likes of Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Billy Whelan and the great Duncan Edwards — had burst through.
The Cheshire great joined the Red Devils straight from school in the summer of 1949.
And unforgettable midfielder became the club's youngest league debutant in April 1950 when he faced Portsmouth at Old Trafford at the age of 16 years and 105 days.
Whitefoot spent seven years with United and won the First Division in 1956.
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The popular athlete decided to swap Sir Matt Busby's star side for Grimsby Town, a decision that probably saved his life.
Three months on, Whitefoot was hanging curtains with wife Nell in their new home when news came through of the Munich air disaster that devastated a nation.
Seven of his pals — 15 days later, Edwards became the eighth — were among the 23 fatalities on a plane that crashed in the runway slush.
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