Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. His managerial records and longevity at the helm of Manchester United are surpassed only by Sir Alex Ferguson.Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. During his time at City, Busby played in two FA Cup Finals, winning one of them. After his playing career was interrupted by the Second World War, Busby was offered the job of assistant coach at Liverpool, but they were unwilling to give him the control over the team that he wanted and he took the vacant manager's job at Manchester United instead.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1958 Queen's Birthday Honours List and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Association Football.
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Managerial career: Manchester United FC Manager 1945-1969, 1971; Director 1971-1982; President 1980-1994 (his death).
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Playing career: Denny Hibs (Scotland); Manchester City FC 1928-1936; Liverpool FC 1936-1945.
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Knighted in 1968, following United's European Cup victory.
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Survived the 1958 Munich air crash - which robbed United of 8 players, its secretary, trainer and coach - on the return from a European Cup-tie.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Is Your Life
1969-1975
TV Series documentary
Himself - Guest / Himself
Parkinson
1973
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
Cup Fever
1965
Himself
This Is Your Life
1958
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 70s
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002
2002
Video documentary
Himself
The Story of Football
2002
Video documentary
Himself - 1957 FA Cup Final, 1958 FA Cup Final, 1968 European Cup Final
Reputations
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Match of the Eighties
1997
TV Series
Himself
Match of the Seventies
1995-1996
TV Series
Himself
Kicking & Screaming
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Summer of '66
1986
TV Series
Himself
The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1985
TV Series
Himself
Years of Lightning
1981
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Cup Fever (1965) as Himself
This Is Your Life (1969-1975) as Himself - Guest / Himself
$1.5 Million
