death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years death_place youthyears caps goals nationalyears name fullname birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
25 november 2013 1 2 1975 1980 1981 1983 -- 1984 1985 1988 -- 1992 -- 1977 1978 -- 1979 1979 -- 1980 5 january 1932 1950 manchester , england 1950 1950 -- 1951 566 7 1954 1955 bill foulkes william anthony foulkes st helens , lancashire , england england england u23 5 11 0 0 whiston boys club manchester united whiston boys club centre-back chicago il bryn steinkjer lillestrøm viking mazda sting tulsa roughnecks witney town san jose earthquakes bill foulkes

bill foulkes

william anthony `` bill '' foulkes -lrb- or ; 5 january 1932 -- 25 november 2013 -rrb- was an english footballer who played for manchester united in the busby babes teams of the 1950s , and also in the 1960s .
his favoured position was centre-back .
for manchester united , he played 688 games which places him at number 4 on the all-time list of appearances behind ryan giggs , bobby charlton and paul scholes .
he made 3 appearances as a substitute .
he also started in every single united game in the 1957 -- 58 , 1959 -- 60 and 1964 -- 65 seasons .
he scored a total of 9 goals in his 18 seasons at united and helped the club win four first division titles , one fa cup and one european cup .
he was capped only once for england in 1955 .
after retiring as a player , he spent more than 20 years as a coach and manager at numerous clubs in england and overseas .
