Editing Duncan Edwards (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:DuncanEdwards3.JPG|thumb|left|alt=A road sign reading "Duncan Edwards Close"|A street in Dudley was named in honour of Edwards.]]

Edwards has been commemorated in a number of ways in his home town of Dudley. A stained-glass window depicting Edwards, designed by [[Francis Skeat]] and paid for with donations from [[Football League]] clubs [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] and [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discover.dudley.gov.uk/media/11274/duncan-edwards-leaflet-2019.pdf|title=A Tribute to Duncan Edwards|publisher=[[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council]]|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1232396,00.html |title=Full Credit to Bees of Old |date=4 February 2008 |publisher=[[Brentford F.C.]] |access-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801191744/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1232396,00.html |archive-date=1 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was unveiled in St Francis's Church, the parish church for the [[Priory Estate]], by Matt Busby in 1961,<ref name="Times"/> and a statue of Edwards unveiled in the centre of the town in October 1999 by his mother and his former team-mate [[Bobby Charlton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/weekend/2018/02/04/dudley-filmmaker-marcus-distant-on-bringing-footballer-duncan-edwards-life-story-to-the-screen/|title=Dudley filmmaker Marcus Distant on bringing footballer Duncan Edwards' life story to the screen|first=Heather|last=Large|work=[[Shropshire Star]]|date=4 February 2018|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>

In 1993, a cul-de-sac of [[Housing Association|housing association]] homes near to the cemetery in which he is buried was named "Duncan Edwards Close".<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=505119|title=Born In Dudley, died at Munich|first=Peter|last=Madeley|publisher=ESPN|access-date=14 February 2008|date=4 February 2008|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200943/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=505119|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wren's Nest pub on the [[Priory Estate]], near where he grew up, was renamed "The Duncan Edwards" in honour of him in 2001, but it closed within five years and was subsequently destroyed by arsonists before being demolished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/local/1026614.___Eyesore____pub_set_for_revamp/|title='Eyesore' pub set for revamp|work=Dudley News|access-date=14 February 2008|date=16 November 2006}}</ref> In 2006, a £100,000 games facility was opened in Priory Park, where Edwards often played as a boy, in his memory. It was unveiled by Sir Bobby Charlton.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.stourbridgenews.co.uk/2006/1/13/73853.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126012600/http://archive.stourbridgenews.co.uk/2006/1/13/73853.html |archive-date=26 January 2009 |title=Hero Bobby's back|work=Stourbridge News|access-date=18 February 2008|date=13 January 2006}}</ref> In 2008, Dudley's southern bypass was renamed 'Duncan Edwards Way' in his memory—this road had coincidentally opened to traffic nearly a decade earlier on the same day that his statue was unveiled.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/12/29/new-road-signs-have-been-installed-to-honour-dudley-born-football-hero-duncan-edwards-97319-22563891/|title=New road signs have been installed to honour Dudley-born football hero Duncan Edwards|first=Steve|last=Bradley|work=Birmingham Mail|access-date=18 June 2009|date=29 December 2008|archive-date=26 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926025025/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/12/29/new-road-signs-have-been-installed-to-honour-dudley-born-football-hero-duncan-edwards-97319-22563891/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until its closure in 2016, [[Dudley Museum and Art Gallery]] hosted an exhibition of memorabilia devoted to his career, including his England caps. This collection had originally been displayed at Dudley Leisure Centre in 1986, again with his mother and Bobby Charlton in attendance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-galleries/dudley-museum-art-gallery/exhibitions/duncan-edwards-local-sporting-heroes/|title=Duncan Edwards & Local Sporting Heroes|publisher=[[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council]]|access-date=15 November 2012|date=14 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122003343/http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-galleries/dudley-museum-art-gallery/exhibitions/duncan-edwards-local-sporting-heroes/|archive-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

A housing complex called Duncan Edwards Court exists in Manchester among a network of streets named after his fellow Munich victims, including [[Eddie Colman]], [[Roger Byrne]] and [[Tommy Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Conn |title=FC United homage to history as they prepare for future at Newton Heath |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2010/apr/21/fc-united-supporter-owned-clubs |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=21 April 2010 |access-date=4 January 2011 }}</ref> On 8 July 2011 a [[Blue Plaque]] was unveiled by Bobby Charlton at the site of the digs in Stretford where Edwards and other United players lived,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9048125.Sir_Bobby_Charlton_and_Dickie_Bird_to_unveil_Busby_Babes_plaques/|title=Busby Babes players honoured in blue plaque scheme|work=Stretford and Altrincham Messenger|date=26 May 2011|access-date=31 May 2011|first=Robert|last=Downes}}</ref> and in 2016 local dignitaries in Dudley launched a fundraising drive with the aim of placing a similar plaque in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Push to get blue plaque for Edwards|work=Express & Star|location=Wolverhampton|date=12 April 2016}}</ref> In 2022, a new leisure centre complex opened in Dudley and was named the Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre |url=https://www.dbleisure.co.uk/duncan-edwards-lc |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=DB Leisure |language=en}}</ref>

In 1996, Edwards was one of five deceased players chosen to appear on British stamps issued as part of a "Football Legends" set issued to commemorate the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] tournament, which England was hosting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/english-stamp-their-authority-in-football-poll-1.460148|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|title=English stamp their authority in football poll|first=Iain|last=Wilson|date=27 March 1996|access-date=9 February 2011}}</ref> He was portrayed by [[Sam Claflin]] in the 2011 British TV film ''[[United (TV drama)|United]]'' centred on the Munich disaster and the success of the team in the two years leading up to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/11/15/family-so-proud-of-film-about-duncan-edwards/|title=Family so proud of film about Duncan Edwards|work=Express and Star|date=15 November 2010|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref>

Contemporaries of Edwards have been unstinting in their praise of his abilities. [[Bobby Charlton]] described him as the best he ever saw or was likely to see.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nabil|last=Hassan|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7216050.stm|title=Munich remembered|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=6 February 2008 |accessdate=24 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="grdn2015"/> He also considered Edwards "the only player that made me feel inferior" and said his death was "the biggest single tragedy ever to happen to Manchester United and English football".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2003/72868|title=Greatest England XI – Sir Bobby Charlton|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=19 January 2011|date=7 November 2003}}</ref> [[Terry Venables]] said that, had he lived, it would have been Edwards, not [[Bobby Moore]], who lifted the World Cup trophy as England captain in 1966.<ref name="ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2008/02/01/edwards_duncan_charlton/|title=Charlton remembers 'greatest ever'|publisher=Sportsnet.ca|access-date=18 February 2008|date=1 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207014521/http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/2008/02/01/edwards_duncan_charlton/|archive-date=7 February 2009}}</ref> [[Tommy Docherty]] stated that "there is no doubt in my mind that Duncan would have become the greatest player ever. Not just in British football, with United and England, but the best in the world. [[George Best]] was something special, as was [[Pelé]] and [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]], but in my mind Duncan was much better in terms of all-round ability and skill."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL2719728120080202?feedType=RSS&feedName=inDepthNews|title=Edwards had everything but time on his side |work=Reuters |access-date=18 February 2008|date=1 February 2008|first=Mike |last=Collett}}</ref> In recognition of his talents Edwards was made an inaugural inductee to the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsHallFameNFM.html|title=England Player Honours – National Football Museum Hall of Fame|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=14 February 2008|date=1 November 2004}}</ref> His memorabilia were exhibited at [[Dudley Museum and Art Gallery|Dudley Museum]] prior to its closure, and was subsequently sold to Manchester United with a selection to be loaned back for display at the [[Dudley Archives and Local History|Dudley Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2017/01/11/duncan-edwards-collection-to-stay-in-dudley-after-talks-with-manchester-united/|title=Duncan Edwards' collection 'to stay in Dudley' after talks with Manchester United|work=Express and Star|date=11 January 2017|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>