Alex Ferguson — who was Charlton’s pick to be United manager in 1986 — said he “was the greatest English player of all time”.

Source: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/in-memoriam-leading-sporting-deaths-of-2023-part-2-breaking-hannes-strydom-bobby-charlton-rip-dead/

Charlton’s death was announced as Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs were preparing to start the second half, and – following their 2-1 win over Brighton – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola paid his respects.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/10/21/a-true-gentleman--david-beckham-pays-tribute-to-national-hero-bobby-charlton/

Charlton’s stamina was one of his greatest assets but, with England leading 2-1 and with 20 minutes to go in the tortuous heat of Leon, Mexico, Ramsey decided fatefully, to substitute the Manchester United star.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/sir-bobby-charlton-obituary-england-manchester-united-b1115187.html

For all Charlton’s bluster, they mustered just one shot on target to trouble Nathan Baxter.

Source: https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23886650.charlton-athletic-0-2-bolton-wanderers---big-match-verdict/?ref=rss

Four of Cissie Charlton’s brothers were also professionals.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/oct/21/bobby-charlton-the-miner-son-who-became-a-gifted-global-icon-manchester-united-england

“The flowing line of Charlton’s football has no disfiguring barbs in it,” he wrote in The Football Man in 1968, “but there is a heavy and razor-sharp arrowhead at its end.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/oct/21/bobby-charlton-the-miner-son-who-became-a-gifted-global-icon-manchester-united-england

Wayne Rooney broke Charlton’s scoring records for both Manchester United and England and heard the news during the Sky Bet Championship match between Middlesbrough and Birmingham at the Riverside.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/manchester-united-and-england-legend-bobby-charlton-dies-aged-86/a1983166298.html