Geoff Bent

Geoff Bent

Bent in 1957
Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Bent
Date of birth	(1932-09-27)27 September 1932
Place of birth	Salford, Lancashire, England
Date of death	6 February 1958(1958-02-06) (aged 25)
Place of death	Munich, West Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Left back[1]
Youth career
1948–1951	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1958	Manchester United	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geoffrey Bent (27 September 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left back for Manchester United from 1948 until 1958. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s. Bent only made twelve first-team appearances for Manchester United, who already had an international-quality left back in Roger Byrne. Modern writers speculate that at most other teams Bent would have been a regular starter, and he was the subject of interest from fellow First Division clubs, but Busby refused to let him leave. He was one of eight Manchester United players who died in the Munich air disaster, when their aircraft crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport after a European Cup match in Belgrade.