Denis Law was the last surviving member of the fabled United Trinity. Together with George Best and Bobby Charlton, he helped to rebuild Manchester United after the Munich Air Disaster threatened to destroy it.
Law - who was part of the club's famous 'Holy Trinity' with the late George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton - sadly died on Friday night
Denis Law was known as one of the finest strikers of his generation, scoring 237 goals in 404 appearances for Manchester United – a number which puts him behind only Wayne Rooney and Sir Bobby Charlton on the club’s all-time list – but he also shone on the international stage for Scotland.
TO many Manchester United fans, he was known simply as The King. To his contemporaries he was everything from a wonderful team mate to a fierce opponent, or a great pal. British football has been
Charlton named his best-ever Manchester United XI in his autobiography, Sir Bobby Charlton: My Manchester United Years. The team features players dating back to the 1950s but Charlton left himself out.
Denis Law, the former Manchester United and Scotland centre-forward, has passed away at the age of 84. Law scored 237 goals in 404 appearances during an 11-year stay at United, forming part of the ‘United Trinity’ alongside team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.
At Denis Law's first training session at Manchester United in 1962, Bobby Charlton approached the 22-year-old and told him how happy he was to see him at the club. The season after, he scored 28 times as United won the league for the first time since the Munich air disaster.
Law was one of the fames United Trinity alongside, George Best and England World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton, who passed away in 2005 and 2023 respectively.
With his eye for goal and effervescent personality, Denis Law was the darling of a generation as the Scotland striker played a key role in Manchester United's rise from tragedy to triumph.It was the last goal Law scored in a competitive match as he retired after playing for Scotland at his only World Cup a few months later.
Denis Law, who has died aged 84, was, with the possible exception of Eric Cantona, the most exciting striker to have played for Manchester United; his partnership with George Best and Bobby Charlton was integral to the club’s glory years in the mid-1960s,
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