Liam Whelan
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William Augustine Whelan (born 1 April 1935 in Dublin – 6 February 1958), also known as Billy Whelan or Liam Whelan, was an Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 footballer and one of the eight Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 players who were killed in the Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster occurred 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. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes",...

. He was 22 years old when he died.

Whelan was a devout Roman Catholic who came from a large family; his father John had died in 1943, when Whelan was eight years old.
 
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