In sports, the first week of February is jam-packed with action: there's the Super Bowl, NBA and NHL regular seasons, and preparation for the Summer Olympics forgotten stepchild the Winter Olympics. So it's no surprise that this week is full of entertaining, bizarre, and tragic sports moments to look back on. Everything from a wardrobe malfunction to the birth of that NHL commentator whose wardrobe made you wish you never got HD. Let's take a trip back for This Week in Sports History...
2/6/1958: Munich Air Disaster
• The Manchester United soccer team boarded British European Airways Flight 609 in Munich, West Germany while en route home from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. On its third takeoff attempt on the slush-covered runway, the plane crashed killing 23 of the 44 passengers. Among the dead were eight Manchester United players and officials, as well as eight journalists. Surviving teammates grieved but battled to complete the season and reach the 1958 FA Cup final—which they lost to the Bolton Wanderers. To this day, less sensitive fans of ManU's opponents will occasionally make plane noises to taunt Big Red.
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