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Gregg, Manchester United player and Munich hero, dies at 87

| February 17, 2020 1:05 AM

LONDON (AP) — Harry Gregg, a former Manchester United player who was described as a “hero of Munich" after the 1958 air disaster that killed 23 people, including eight of his teammates, has died. He was 87.

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