Erik ten Hag dubbed Murphy 'the main person in the history of Manchester United'
Before Wednesday, only five figures had been immortalised in bronze at Old Trafford and three are prefixed with 'Sir'.
Fittingly, the Murphy statue is directly above the touchline of the old ash-cinder pitch where he used to train the Busby Babes. His son, Jimmy Junior, delivered a moving paean to his father, who passed away in 1989. Brian Kidd, one half of a manager-assistant double act with Ferguson in the 90s that was reminiscent of Busby and Murphy, presented the statue along with Murphy's daughters Patricia and Anne and fellow 1968 European Cup winner Alex Stepney. Kidd came through the club's academy in the 1960s when Murphy and Busby were the talent spotters.
Murphy has long been remembered at Carrington, where a building is named after him and a plaque bearing the name of the 26 recipients of the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award is on the upper floor. "It's totally deserved he gets an honour for this. Jimmy Murphy centre, Jimmy Murphy player of the year and now his statue, it's fantastic."
After the gut-wrenching tragedy of the Munich air disaster in 1958, Murphy oversaw Charlton's reintegration back into normality. Busby was read the last rites in hospital twice in Munich and Murphy was in charge of a shadow squad that comprised stoic survivors Harry Gregg and Bill Foulkes.
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