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- Jeff Whitefoot was a part of the unique Busby Babes at Manchester United
- He performed for Grimsby City and gained the 1959 FA Cup with Nottingham Forest
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Manchester United and Nottingham Forest have paid tribute to former star Jeff Whitefoot following his demise on the age of 90.
Whitefoot was a part of the unique Busby Babes, led by Manchester United’s legendary supervisor Sir Matt Busby.
He grew to become Man United’s youngest league debutant in April 1950 when he performed towards Portsmouth at Outdated Trafford on the age of 16 years and 105 days.
Whitefoot made 95 appearances in all competitions for Man United, forming a part of their title profitable aspect in 1955/56.
Man United issued an announcement expressing its ‘deep disappointment’ at Whitefoot’s demise.
Jeff Whitefoot, aged 16, was interviewed by the BBC with Jimmy Murphy and Matt Busby in 1950
Whitefoot was a part of Manchester United’s title profitable aspect within the 1955/56 season
He moved to Grimsby in 1957, earlier than signing for Nottingham Forest lower than one yr later
‘Sending our heartfelt condolences to the household and associates of Jeff Whitefoot, a former Busby Babe, who has handed away on the age of 90,’ Man United stated.
‘One of many authentic Busby Babes, Jeff had joined the Reds straight from faculty in the summertime of 1949 as an workplace boy-cum-midfield schemer, quickly rising as competent on the former process, exquisitely promising on the latter.
‘A fantastically balanced athlete whose ball management was deliciously assured with both foot, Jeff was virtually serene in type, a uncommon high quality in a younger participant.
‘He learn the motion intelligently and specialised in shrewd interceptions; he tackled briskly and was exceedingly aggressive within the air for a participant small in stature.’
Whitefoot left Man United in 1957 having misplaced his place within the aspect to Eddie Colman, resulting in him submitting a switch request.
He joined Grimsby City months earlier than the Munich air catastrophe which killed 23 individuals, together with eight Man United gamers and three members of the membership’s workers.
Whitefoot spent lower than a yr at Grimsby, earlier than returning to the highest flight with Nottingham Forest.
Forest joined Man United in paying tribute to Whitefoot, highlighting how he cemented his place within the membership’s folklore in his first season.
Nottingham Forest joined the tributes to Whitefoot, a member of their 1959 FA Cup profitable aspect
Whitefoot was the final surviving member of Nottingham Forest’s FA Cup profitable squad
‘Jeff rapidly establishing himself on the Membership the place he would go on to seem 285 occasions in all competitions beneath the administration of Billy Walker, Andy Beattie after which Johnny Carey,’ a Forest assertion learn.
‘Jeff’s best achievement at Forest got here in his debut season as Walker’s group defeated Luton City at Wembley to win the FA Cup for the second time, along with his first of seven targets for the Membership coming within the fourth spherical of the competitors towards his outdated aspect Grimsby City.
‘For almost a decade Jeff was commonly a key a part of the aspect as The Reds competed within the First Division, and through his ultimate full season the group achieved what was their highest league end on the time, ending second within the First Division solely behind his former membership, Manchester United.’
Whitefoot had been described because the final of the authentic Busby Babes, in addition to the final surviving member of the Nottingham Forest aspect to elevate the FA Cup in 1959.
