Ranking the top 10 Manchester United forwards of all time

#2 Sir Bobby Charlton

Sir Bobby Charlton was Man United's all-time leading goalscorer before Wayne Rooney

Manchester United's tragic history of the Busby Babes holds a crucial importance in their success. It was the disaster that kickstarted their unquenchable thirst for glory -- to prove to the world that they won't be bullied by tragedy into discontinuation as a football club.

As a survivor of the crash, Sir Bobby Charlton played a major part in the rehabilitation of Manchester United back then. The English forward extended a peerless contribution in the form of the 249 goals he scored, over a tenure of 17 years for the Red Devils.

An extremely talented dribbler, the Englishman earned a wide reputation for his cannon-blast shots and ferocity to score goals from distances. His dribbling and pace added to his already rich arsenal of attacking talents, making him one of the greatest forwards of all time. Also, the two other finer attributes of Bobby Charlton were his stability and reliability as a big game player.

Thanks to his surfeit of abilities, he became the club's as well as the nation's leading goalscorer, only to be surpassed by Wayne Rooney in the modern era. In every sense of the word, Sir Bobby Charlton will remain an undying symbol of Manchester United.