Matt Busby

**Sir Alexander Matthew Busby** was a Scottish footballer and football manager. He played for Scotland national team. Busby managed Manchester United and led them to great success. Many people believe that Busby is one of the greatest football managers of all time.

As a player, Busby played for Manchester City and Liverpool. After his playing career, he went to manage Manchester United and built a great team called the Busby Babes. Eight of those players died in an airplane accident in Munich. This accident was called the Munich air disaster. But Busby again built a winning team after the disaster. He spent 25 years with Manchester United and won 13 trophies.

### Playing career

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|Charity Shield|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Manchester City|1928–29|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|1929–30|First Division|11|3|1|2|0|0|12|5|||
|1930–31|First Division|20|0|1|0|0|0|21|0|||
|1931–32|First Division|41|1|5|0|0|0|46|1|||
|1932–33|First Division|39|1|7|1|0|0|46|2|||
|1933–34|First Division|39|4|8|0|0|0|47|4|||
|1934–35|First Division|35|1|1|0|1|0|37|1|||
|1935–36|First Division|19|1|1|0|0|0|20|1|||
|rowspan="5"|Liverpool|1935–36|First Division|11|1|0|0|0|0|11|1|
|1936–37|First Division|29|1|1|0|0|0|30|1|||
|1937–38|First Division|33|0|3|0|0|0|36|0|||
|1938–39|First Division|42|1|3|0|0|0|45|1|||

### Managerial career

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Manchester United|align=left|1 October 1945|align=left|4 June 1969 <sup>1</sup>|||||
|align=left|Great Britain|align=left|July 1948|align=left|August 1948|||||
|align=left|Scotland|align=left|15 January 1958|align=left|December 1958|||||
|align=left|Manchester United|align=left|29 December 1970|align=left|8 June 1971|||||

<sup>1</sup>Does not include matches for which Jimmy Murphy served as acting manager following the Munich air disaster.

### Player

**Manchester City**
- FA Cup: 1933–34

### Manager

**Manchester United**
- First Division: 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
- FA Cup: 1947–48, 1962–63
- FA Charity Shield: 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965 (shared), 1967 (shared)
- European Cup: 1967–68

### Individual

- PFA Merit Award: 1980
- English Football Hall of Fame (Manager): 2002
- European Hall of Fame (Manager): 2008
- ESPN 7th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
- France Football 11th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
- World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

### Orders and special awards

- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE): 1958
- Knight Bachelor: 1968
- Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG): 1972

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Matt Busby
- **image**: Matt Busby 1957.jpg
- **caption**: Busby in 1957
- **full name**: Alexander Matthew Busby
- **birth place**: Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland
- **death place**: Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Wing half, Right half, inside forward
- **years1**: 1928
- **clubs1**: Denny Hibs
- **years2**: 1928–1936
- **clubs2**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps2**: 204
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 1936–1945
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 115
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1941–1943
- **clubs4**: → Hibernian F.C., Hibernian (guest)
- **caps4**: 0
- **goals4**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 319
- **totalgoals**: 14
- **nationalyears1**: 1933
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1941
- **nationalteam2**: Scottish League XI
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1942–1945
- **nationalteam3**: Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)#World War II, Scotland (wartime)
- **nationalcaps3**: 7
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1945–1969
- **managerclubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **manageryears2**: 1948
- **managerclubs2**: Great Britain men's Olympic football team, Great Britain
- **manageryears3**: 1958
- **managerclubs3**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **manageryears4**: 1970–1971
- **managerclubs4**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United