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Geoffrey "Geoff" Bent (27 September 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 and one of the eight Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany....
.

was born in Salford
Salford

Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Salford is located by a meander of the River Irwell, which forms its boundary with the city of Manchester to the east....
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, and joined United on leaving school in the summer of 1948. After several seasons playing in the reserve and youth sides, he became a professional in 1951 and over the decade made 12 league appearances as full-back
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
 cover for Roger Byrne
Roger Byrne

Roger William Byrne , was an England association football and a captain of Manchester United F.C.He was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958....
 on the left and Bill Foulkes
Bill Foulkes

William Anthony Foulkes was an England football player who played for Manchester United F.C. in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s....
 on the right.

He did not play any first-team games during the 1957-58 season, and only travelled to Belgrade
Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
 as cover for Roger Byrne - who had not been expected to play in the match due to injury, but still did.

Geoff, who is buried in St.






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Geoffrey "Geoff" Bent (27 September 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 footballer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 and one of the eight Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany....
.

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Bent was born in Salford
Salford

Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Salford is located by a meander of the River Irwell, which forms its boundary with the city of Manchester to the east....
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, and joined United on leaving school in the summer of 1948. After several seasons playing in the reserve and youth sides, he became a professional in 1951 and over the decade made 12 league appearances as full-back
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
 cover for Roger Byrne
Roger Byrne

Roger William Byrne , was an England association football and a captain of Manchester United F.C.He was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958....
 on the left and Bill Foulkes
Bill Foulkes

William Anthony Foulkes was an England football player who played for Manchester United F.C. in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s....
 on the right.

He did not play any first-team games during the 1957-58 season, and only travelled to Belgrade
Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
 as cover for Roger Byrne - who had not been expected to play in the match due to injury, but still did.

Geoff, who is buried in St. John's Churchyard in Bolton Road (A666), Pendlebury
Pendlebury

Pendlebury is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre, northwest of Salford, and southeast of Bolton....
 (just over the Salford
Salford

Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Salford is located by a meander of the River Irwell, which forms its boundary with the city of Manchester to the east....
/Swinton
Swinton, Greater Manchester

Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the M60 motorway....
 & Pendlebury
Pendlebury

Pendlebury is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre, northwest of Salford, and southeast of Bolton....
 boundary at Irlams o' th' Height
Irlams o' th' Height

Irlams o' th' Height is an area within Pendleton, Greater Manchester, toward the north west corner of the Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the extremity of the City of Salford metropolitan district boundary, and stands next to Swinton, Greater Manchester and Pendlebury....
), had become a father just four months before his death on the birth of his daughter Karen. His widow, Marion, is still alive and contributed to a 1998 ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 documentary, Munich: End of a Dream, which marked the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.

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