Kenny Morgans

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kenny Morgans


fullname = Kenneth Godfrey Morgans
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1939|3|16|df=y
cityofbirth = Swansea
countryofbirth = Wales
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position = Outside right
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years = 1956-1961
1961-1964
1964-1967
clubs = Manchester United
Swansea Town
Newport County
caps(goals) = 017 0(0)
054 0(8)
125 (44)
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Kenneth Godfrey "Kenny" Morgans (born 16 March 1939 in Swansea) is a former Welsh footballer. He signed for Manchester United on leaving school in the summer of 1955 and played on the youth team's right wing.

During the 1957-58 season he won himself a fixed place in the first team, at the expense of the older and more experienced Johnny Berry, and suffered minor injuries in the Munich air disaster, when still only 18 years old. He was the youngest player involved in the crash. Morgans was found unconscious amongst the debris by two journalists five hours after the official search was called off. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=511937&in_page_id=1779 Five hours after the crash they found me caught under a wheel, says Munich survivor Morgans | the Daily Mail ] ]

Although he made a full recovery following the crash, he never regained his form on the pitch, and left the club in 1961, having made 23 first-team appearances without scoring a goal. He later played in the lower divisions for Swansea Town and Newport County before retiring from football in 1967.

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