00:00 He was one of England's greatest ever players and a member of England's greatest ever team,
00:07 the one that conquered the world in 1966.
00:11 Bobby Charlton takes a penalty, one all.
00:13 Bobby Charlton was a hero not just to England fans,
00:16 And they open the scoring with one from Charlton,
00:18 but to Manchester United ones too.
00:23 He grew up in the Northumberland town of Ashington.
00:26 These were the playing fields on which he and his brother and fellow World Cup winner
00:30 Jack learned the skills that would earn him so much success.
00:35 He was lucky to survive the Munich air disaster of 1958.
00:39 Eight of his team mates and three club officials did not.
00:44 And now England's record-breaking scorer Bobby Charlton...
00:47 With manager Matt Busby, he played a key part in rebuilding the club.
00:51 His finest hour coming ten years later,
00:54 and as captain he led the team to European Cup glory.
00:57 Now Manchester United have become the first victors from England.
01:01 But he famously missed the post-match celebrations,
01:04 instead conducting a solitary remembrance of the friends he had lost in the Munich tragedy.
01:11 He retired in 1973,
01:13 having set goal-scoring records for club and country that would last for decades.
01:19 In the 90s he received a knighthood for his contribution to the game,
01:23 one that saw him get behind not one but two England bids to host the World Cup.
01:28 We want to win, we want to win well.
01:31 We want to create a feeling about England
01:33 and we want everybody around the world to feel as though
01:36 they're going to be very welcome here, which they are.
01:38 Outside of football, Sir Bobby founded a charity,
01:41 Find a Better Way, for those who've lost limbs to landmines or other explosions.
01:46 His centre in Jordan is a place of sanctuary for young lives torn apart in Syria.
01:52 But it's his life in football for which he will always be remembered.
01:55 A World Cup winner and a Manchester United legend,
01:59 a club from which he just couldn't stay away.
02:04 In November 2020 he was diagnosed with dementia.
02:07 Sir Bobby Charlton though is a man who will never be forgotten.
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