Denis Law was the last surviving member of the fabled United Trinity. Together with George Best and Bobby Charlton, he helped to rebuild Manchester United after the Munich Air Disaster threatened to destroy it.
With his eye for goal and effervescent personality, Denis Law was the darling of a generation as the Scotland striker played a key role in Manchester United's rise from tragedy to triumph.
Denis Law, who won the Ballon d'Or in 1964, scored 237 goals in 404 appearances for Manchester United during an 11-year spell at Old Trafford and also played for Scotland
Full of flair on the pitch and a gentleman off it.” A statue of Manchester United's 'Holy Trinity' of Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law Credit: PA Law stands third on the all-time list of United goalscorers behind Wayne Rooney and Bobby ...
Denis Law, the Manchester United and Scotland great ... Law is forever linked with Bobby Charlton and George Best, the three-pronged strike force that led United to English league titles in ...
At Manchester United Law scored 236 goals in 393 games; third behind his team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney on the all-time scoring list, and set club records for the most goals in the FA Cup (34 goals), which still stands, and in Europe with 28 goals in 33 games.
Denis Law, who has died aged 84, was, with the possible exception of Eric Cantona, the most exciting striker to have played for Manchester United; his partnership with George Best and Bobby Charlton was integral to the club’s glory years in the mid-1960s,
Denis Law was one of the greatest British footballers of all-time, arguably Scotland’s finest ever player, and a man whose very name conjured notions of skill, flair and toughness. Born during the privations of the Second World War,
Manchester United and Scotland legend Denis Law has died at the age of 84, sparking a wave of heartfelt tributes to a man known at Old Trafford as “The King.” Law was a member of United’s UEFA European Cup-winning side under Matt Busby in 1968,
The "United Trinity", or "United Holy Trinity" is a name given to the team's star trio of the 1960s: Denis Law, George Best, and Bobby Charlton. Charlton, a goal-scoring midfielder of great renown ...
Manchester United legend Denis Law has died, his family confirmed in a statement on Friday. He was 84. Law is widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in the club's history, remembered for his part in an infamous "United Trinity" partnership with Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best, with the trio immortalised in a statue outside Old Trafford.
On "windswept touchlines" in Aberdeen in the 1950s, people began to talk with excitement about a "puny, bespectacled kid with a squint who was somehow ramming home goals for his school and boys' club teams", said Michael Grant in The Times.