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Gregg, former Man United player and Munich hero, dies at 87

| February 17, 2020 2:05 AM

LONDON (AP) — Harry Gregg, a former Manchester United goalkeeper called the “hero of Munich" for rescuing two teammates as well as a baby and her pregnant mother from the burning fuselage in the 1958 air disaster that killed 23 people, has died. He was 87.

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