Eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United F.C.</a> players and 15 other passengers are killed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Munich air disaster">Munich air disaster</a>.