David Pegg

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David Pegg

Personal information
Full name	David Pegg
Date of birth	20 September 1935(1935-09-20)
Place of birth	Highfields, Doncaster, England
Date of death	6 February 1958(1958-02-06) (aged 22)
Place of death	Munich, Germany
Playing position	Outside left
Youth career
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1952–1958	Manchester United	127	(24)
National team
	England U23	3	(?)
1957	England	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David Pegg (20 September 1935 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958.

He signed for United on leaving school in 1950 and made his first team debut in the Football League First Division against Middlesbrough on 6 December 1952, aged 17.

He was the club's first-choice outside left until the final few months before the disaster (when he was displaced by Albert Scanlon) and had collected two League Championship winner's medals in the two seasons leading up to the Munich air disaster.

He was capped once for the England national football team, his solitary appearance coming in 1957.

He was tipped by many to succeed the ageing Tom Finney in the England team. Still only 22 years old when he died, he was one of the youngest people to die out of the 23 who lost their lives at Munich.

He was born in the village of Highfields, north of Doncaster and he was buried in the nearby Redhouse Cemetery. A memorial chair was dedicated in his memory at St. George's Church in Highfields and when that church was closed the chair was moved to All Saints' Church in Woodlands which now serves both villages.

Pegg's sister, Mrs Irene Beevers, contributed to a 1998 ITV documentary, Munich: End of a Dream, which commemorated the 40th anniversary of the tragedy. He was also outlived by both of his parents, though they have both since died; his father in May 1980 and his mother in August 2006. They are both buried alongside him.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.munich58.co.uk/graves/pegg_pic.asp

External links

• Famous Doncastrians: David Pegg
• Red Cafe: David Pegg Profile
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Persondata
Name	Pegg, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 September 1935
Place of birth	Highfields, Doncaster, England
Date of death	6 February 1958
Place of death	Munich, Germany