A United Man

Directed by Dennis Viollet’s daughter Rachel "A United Man" offers a rare glimpse into the life of a Manchester United & Busby Babe hero.

[A United Man @ViolletDoc]

Great photo of Dennis at Old Trafford

[John Ludden @johnludds]

Matt and the Babes at a social function at the MUSC HQ in Collyhurst in 1957. Standing left to right: Tommy Taylor, Mark Jones, Dennis Viollet, Johnny Berry, Billy Whelan, Ray Wood, Roger Byrne, David Pegg & Eddie Colman.

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Dennis Viollet of Manchester United

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@WhiteHouse Enough with the propaganda

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@FullwoodAlan Oh yes. Thats the documentary his daughter produced.

[Wayne Barton @WayneSBarton]

On this day in 1960, Dennis Viollet struck a @ManUtd club record when he scored his 32nd league goal of the season.

Still stands as a record - United have had some wonderful strikers before and since, but that record is still held by Dennis, a world class forward himself.

[A United Man @ViolletDoc]

@Kosixavier Very true. (By the way, that picture is not Dennis Viollet.)

[United Arts 🔴⚪️⚫️ @UtdArts1]

By the time he left for Stoke City in 1962, Viollet had become one of United's highest all-time goal scorers with 179 goals in 293 appearances, making him the club's joint-fourth highest goal scorer alongside George Best.

What many fans don't know is that Viollet scored United's first ever European Cup goal on September 12, 1956, against Anderlecht in Brussels, with an assist from Eddie Colman.

United won that historic match 2-0 in front of 35,000 fans. Viollet went on to become the tournament's top scorer in the 1956-57 season, finding the target nine times. In one memorable match, he scored four goals in a 10-0 win over Anderlecht that remains United's biggest competitive victory.

After leaving United, Dennis' love for football took him across the Atlantic, where he played an influential role in the growth of women's football, coaching girls from youth stages all the way up to collegiate level. His daughter recalled: "My dad always believed girls deserved the same opportunities as boys and loved to coach them, he always said they listened better than the boys!"

Dennis Viollet died on 6 March 1999 at his Florida home after battling against a malignant brain tumour, just two months before United's historic treble in Barcelona.

His ashes rest in the goalmouth at the Stretford End, where they belong. That 32-goal record still stands. Not Ronaldo. Not Rooney. Not van Nistelrooy. Just a quiet, graceful man from Moss Side who survived tragedy, wore the armband, and showed us all what resilience looks like.

Dennis Viollet. We will always remember the name.

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[MR99 @PavRana_7]

One of my fave photos from the 1950s.
Tommy Taylor, Dennis Viollet, David Pegg and Wilf McGuiness. pictured with Manager Matt Busby in 1957. When England was beautiful - look at the scenery. Vintage memories and worth looking at. A real treasure 🔴⚪️⚫️⚽️

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

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[Mark Graham - www.mufcinfo.com @mufcinfodotcom]

#OnThisDay 11-04-1953 forward Dennis Sydney Viollet made his #MUFC debut v Newcastle United
https://t.co/BA8QWQpnR5
#MUFC #ManUtd #ManUnited #ManchesterUnited #GGMU

[United Arts 🔴⚪️⚫️ @UtdArts1]

🇾🇪 Remembering the legendary Dennis Viollet

There are some names in Manchester United's history that remain through generations, spoken with reverence in pubs and on terraces. Dennis Viollet deserves to be shouted from the rooftops just as loudly as any of them.

Renowned for his remarkable goal scoring ability, Viollet became an essential part of Matt Busby's legendary Busby Babes, forming a formidable partnership with Tommy Taylor. In the 1959-60 season, Viollet set a club record by scoring 32 league goals in a single season, a club record that's stood for 65 years, outlasting the efforts of Ronaldo, Rooney, and every other striker who's worn the red shirt since.

He achieved that record just two seasons after Munich, as captain of a team still rebuilding from devastation. Sir Bobby Charlton once recalled: "Dennis was a phenomenally sharp striker. He would feint to shoot, his marker would lunge; Dennis would wriggle into half a yard of space, then the defender would be off balance, and that's when our man would hit the ball."

Like other survivors of Munich, Dennis carried invisible scars that went far deeper than physical injuries.

The trauma of losing teammates, friends, and that brilliant young side haunted him long after he returned to the pitch. His daughter Rachel explained: "After Munich, he couldn't sleep at night, so he was going out a lot, going out on the town, just because he couldn't get to sleep. Throughout his life, it stayed with him."

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#DennisViollet #MUFC #ManchesterUnited

[Arnies Left Peg @CaithnessLad1]

Remembering former goalkeeper and Munich survivor Ray Wood who was born on this day in 1931. Pictured here signing autographs outside Old Trafford with Dennis Viollet, circa 1957 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

[Arnies Left Peg @CaithnessLad1]

Ray Wood, Mark Jones, Dennis Viollet, Jackie Blanchflower, Bill Foulkes, Duncan Edwards and Liam Whelan at Old Trafford circa 1957 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

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@WhiteHouse Clown

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True Reds

#manutd #mufc #manchesterunited #mufcacademy

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@jackunheard @MarcoRedDevil Awful

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@piersmorgan Brilliant Bruno

[Thomas Sporsheim @ThomasSporsheim]

#onthisday in 1956, #mufc lift the league title after beating Portsmouth 1-0. Goal scored by Dennis Viollet🇾🇪🏆

[A United Man @ViolletDoc]

@piersmorgan The new regime is worse