Before Wednesday, only five figures had been immortalised in bronze at Old Trafford and three are prefixed with 'Sir'. Now, there is a sixth.
Jimmy Murphy was not knighted and nor was he a Ballon d'Or winner but he was one of the most vital individuals in United's 145-year history.
Erik ten Hag dubbed Murphy "the main person in the history of Manchester United". Sir Bobby Charlton said he was the making of him.
Murphy urged Sir Matt Busby to promote a waifish George Best to the starting XI. Also read: Ten Hag pays tribute to Murphy For a man not on British European Airways Flight 609 that fatefully stopped in Munich on February 6 1958, Murphy is defined by the city and the tragedy that decimated one of United's greatest teams.
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