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He was like an earlier version of Norman Whiteside but better.piazza said:I don't understand why people say he was big. He was only 5 foot 11. Maybe compared to people 50 odd years ago that was big? Either way, amazing video. Class just pouring out of that man. One of the great tragedies of all-time![]()
Yeah I noticed that, but even if he was built like a man, he was still built like a small man.Jazz 16 said:He was like an earlier version of Norman Whiteside but better.
Basically they were man-boys. He was built like a man when he was a kid.
He was very well built, powerful and stocky.
piazza said:Yeah I noticed that, but even if he was built like a man, he was still built like a small man.
Lanky? I'm built like your classic rugby union Number 8. But yeah, Dunc did look like a tank, but still an elegant tank at that. What could've been...Jazz 16 said:He was the best EVER. nuf said. Just cos your a lanky streak of pee,
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doesnt mean someone who is 5'11 is 'small'. He had more strength in his
little finger than you have in your entire body.
LolJazz 16 said:He was the best EVER. nuf said. Just cos your a lanky streak of pee,
doesnt mean someone who is 5'11 is 'small'. He had more strength in his
little finger than you have in your entire body.
I never said he wasn't strong, just that he wasn't that big. I couldn't agree with you more on your other points.TheManc said:Lol.
You don't have to be tall to be strong. Look at Rooney, Tevez and Anderson.
If I could choose 1 player to seemore of it definately would have been Edwards.
I mean how good must he have been if Sir Bobby said he was the ONLY player who ever made him feel inferior![]()
Remember Sir Bobby played with and against players like Eusabio, Best, Pele etc.
One things for sure we would have past Liverpool's '18-5' a LONG time ago.RedMurph7 said:Looking at videos like that makes you think so much about that team would of done. The likes of Coleman, Whealen and Big Dunc all looking so classy and experienced at such a young age. Tragic.
They would've never gotten that many trophies, mate.TheManc said:One things for sure we would have past Liverpool's '18-5' a LONG time ago.
Well thank you very much for elaborating on that. I figured it was just because he was really big for being such a young guy.SALFORD RED said:When people refer to Duncan Edwards as "Big Dunc" they are not refering to his size in height or his weight or his build.
Copy/paste from a post i made months ago, written by Tom Clare.
On Saturday, April 2nd 1953, at the age of 16 years and 181 days, he appeared out of the tunnel wearing the number 6 shirt in Manchester United's first team playing against Cardiff City in a Football League Division One match.
In 1953/54, his reputation started to gain momentum, and even though he was just 17, he appeared for the England Under-23 team against Italy, in Bologna. This was the first under-23 game that England ever took part in. He had already started to earn rave notices with his outstanding displays in the first team. In those days, there was some really outstanding players around who had huge reputations. They meant nothing at all to Duncan - even at such a young age, he just eclipsed them with the power and polish of his own performance.
Top youtube vid as well. Always good to see one of the Babes in action.
Thanks for posting it for everyone here to see.
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When I hear Dudley, it makes me think of the one from the Harry Potter books.RedForceRising said:When I hear Dudley, I think of short, drunk, unconvincing actors.![]()
Whiteside would never have laced Edwards' boots.Jazz 16 said:He was like an earlier version of Norman Whiteside but better.
Basically they were man-boys. He was built like a man when he was a kid.
He was very well built, powerful and stocky.