Harry Gregg

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I grew up in a family that remembered the Munich air disaster clearly so I took more than a passing interest in the tragic events on Feb 6th 1958.

I made a point of visiting the "Tunnel" that they have created at Old Trafford and read so many accounts of what happened on that fateful evening in Munich.

None more poignant than the story of Harry Gregg and how he escaped relatively unharmed but risked his life to go back into the wreckage to pull team mates from the fire and amongst those he puled off the rescue of an infant. His warm Northern Irish lilt crackled with emotion each time you heard him recount those events. Amazingly just months after that night he played for NI in the 1958 World Cup.

It is with sadness I hear of his passing this morning. A true hero in my eyes.
 
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Sad news, to think of what he saw at Munich that Fateful day putting his life at risk to rescue others and then to come back from all that 2 weeks after, incredible.
RIP
 
zorro_mfc said:
Sad news, to think of what he saw at Munich that Fateful day putting his life at risk to rescue others and then to come back from all that 2 weeks after, incredible.
RIP
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I had the pleasure of playing squash with Harry in the eighties in Qatar at my local club. I was practicing alone one day when Harry asked if I fancied a game. At first I had no idea who he was as he just introduced himself as Harry. It was only later when he said he had just arrived in the country and he was a goalkeeping coach that the penny dropped. He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. A very humble man and nothing like the prima-donnas of today. He was just a normal bloke and we had quite a few games over the coming weeks. I never asked him about the air crash (even though I wanted too) and I think he appreciated this as I'm sure most people he met brought the subject up.
Unfortunately he returned to Ireland after about a month or so but I can say hand on heart he was one of the most genuine people I have ever met.
RIP Harry
 
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