Roger Byrne - 33 Caps (0 Goals)

Full Name: Roger William Byrne
Born: 8th February 1929, Manchester
Died: 6th February 1958, Munich, Germany aged 28
England Career: 1954 - 1957
Positions whilst with England: Left Back
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Manchester United (33)
FA Legacy Number: 728
Died in the Munich Air Crash.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Scotland (WCQ) on 3rd April 1954 aged 25 years, 1 month, 23 days
Last Cap: v France (FR) on 27th November 1957 aged 28 years, 9 months, 19 days
Career Length: 3 years, 238 days
Starts: 33
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 33

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

World Cup QualifierWCQ
5
0
0
0
0

FriendlyFR
14
0
0
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
3
0
0
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
11
0
0
0
0

Competitive
19
0
0
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
18
0
0
0
0

Neutral
2
0
0
0
0

Home
13
0
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Won
20
0
0
0
0

Lost
7
0
0
0
0

Drawn
6
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Left Back
33
0
0
0
0

Total
33
0
0
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Walter Winterbottom
33
0
0
0
0

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Tom Finney
21 Matches

Duncan Edwards
18 Matches

Stanley Matthews
18 Matches

Jeff Hall
17 Matches

Ronnie Clayton
17 Matches

Johnny Haynes
16 Matches

Jimmy Dickinson
16 Matches

Tommy Taylor
16 Matches

Nat Lofthouse
12 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
68 sources from 33 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

FRA, 4 - 0, 27th Nov 1957 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 33.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 19 days.
NIR, 2 - 3, 6th Nov 1957 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 32.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 26 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 19th Oct 1957 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 31.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 11 day.
IRL, 1 - 1, 19th May 1957 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 30.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 11 day.
DEN, 4 - 1, 15th May 1957 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 29.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 7 days.
IRL, 5 - 1, 8th May 1957 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 28.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 0 days.
SCO, 2 - 1, 6th Apr 1957 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 27.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 26 days.
DEN, 5 - 2, 5th Dec 1956 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 26.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 25 days.
YUG, 3 - 0, 28th Nov 1956 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 25.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 20 days.
WAL, 3 - 1, 14th Nov 1956 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 24.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 6 days.
NIR, 1 - 1, 6th Oct 1956 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 23.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 26 days.
FRG, 3 - 1, 26th May 1956 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 22.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 18 days.
FIN, 5 - 1, 20th May 1956 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 21.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 12 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 16th May 1956 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 20.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 8 days.
BRA, 4 - 2, 9th May 1956 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 19.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 1 day.
SCO, 1 - 1, 14th Apr 1956 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 18.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 6 days.
ESP, 4 - 1, 30th Nov 1955 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 17.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 22 days.
NIR, 3 - 0, 2nd Nov 1955 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 16.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 22 days.
WAL, 1 - 2, 22nd Oct 1955 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 15.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 14 days.
DEN, 5 - 1, 2nd Oct 1955 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 14.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 22 days.
POR, 1 - 3, 22nd May 1955 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 13.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 14 days.
ESP, 1 - 1, 18th May 1955 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 10 days.
FRA, 0 - 1, 15th May 1955 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 11.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 7 days.
SCO, 7 - 2, 2nd Apr 1955 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 10.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 22 days.
FRG, 3 - 1, 1st Dec 1954 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 21 day.
WAL, 3 - 2, 10th Nov 1954 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 8.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 2 days.
NIR, 2 - 0, 2nd Oct 1954 (HC) Manchester United, Cap: 7.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 22 days.
URU, 2 - 4, 26th Jun 1954 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 6.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 18 days.
SUI, 2 - 0, 20th Jun 1954 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 5.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 12 days.
BEL, 4 - 4, 17th Jun 1954 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 4.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 9 days.
HUN, 1 - 7, 23rd May 1954 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 3.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 15 days.
YUG, 0 - 1, 16th May 1954 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 2.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 8 days.
SCO, 4 - 2, 3rd Apr 1954 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 1.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 23 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.