10 Greatest Manchester United players of all time

#6 George Best (1963-74)

Major Honours Won: 3

George Best - United cult hero

George Best signed for Manchester United as a 15 year old schoolboy and debuted for the first team in 1963 as a fresh faced 17 year old.

A phenomenal dribbler, with excellent balance, electric pace and accurate shooting, Best was the perfect winger and a focal part of Sir Matt Busby's rebuild following the horrors of the Munich Air Disaster.

The Northern Irishman played for the club for 11 years, top scoring in the League for five consecutive seasons between 1967-68 and 1971-72.

During his tenure, he was part of the United team that won the 1963 FA Cup, 1967 League Championship and 1968 European Cup (in which he scored the crucial second goal to restore United's lead in Extra-Time versus Benfica).

However, just as famous as his Football prowess was Best's non-Football persona as a 1960s celebrity personality. He was nicknamed "El Beatle", a reference to the musical sensation group, The Beatles.

Best famously paraphrased WC Fields when he declared: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars – the rest I just squandered."

However, it was Best's predilection for alcohol which derailed his career and eventually led to his premature death in 2005, despite undergoing a liver transplant three years earlier.

However, most United fans choose to remember Best for the player he was in the 1960s and early 1970s; the man who won the Ballon d'Or in 1968. One of United's best ever players.