"When I used to hear Muhammad Ali proclaim to the world that he was the greatest, I would always smile. The greatest of them all was a footballer named Duncan Edwards." — Jimmy Murphy.
"He was the best player I’ve ever seen and the best footballer I ever played with." — Sir Bobby Charlton.
"I wasn’t fit to tie his shoe laces." — Sir Bobby Charlton.
"When he first came to Old Trafford I tried to find fault with Duncan, but I couldn’t find one. He was never really a boy, in football terms. He was always a man." — Sir Matt Busby.
“You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.” — Tommy Docherty.
“We definitely did lose one of the all-time greats.” — Wilf McGuinness.
“Will we ever see his like again? It is doubtful. But at least for a brief moment in time we were lucky to have him as one of our own: an English lionheart who was the terror of the continent, who earned the love and respect of everyone who had the privilege to see him in action and above all was a thoroughly decent hero of whom we can be proud. Rest in peace ‘Big Dunc’. Your feats will echo in eternity.” ― James Leighton.
Rest in peace, Duncan Edwards. (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958)
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