The Munich plane crash hero Harry Gregg deserves to have Belfast International Airport renamed after him

Re Billy Kennedy’s tribute to the great Harry Gregg I think there is an onus on us here to mark this brave man’s life and his actions both on the sporting field and at Munich.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Feb 2020, 13:08 BST
Harry Gregg, right, months after the 1958 Munich air crash with Manchester United’s acting manager, Jimmy Murphy, left, who was standing in for injured Matt Busby, and Londonderry-born talent scout Eddie Davis, centreHarry Gregg, right, months after the 1958 Munich air crash with Manchester United’s acting manager, Jimmy Murphy, left, who was standing in for injured Matt Busby, and Londonderry-born talent scout Eddie Davis, centre
Harry Gregg, right, months after the 1958 Munich air crash with Manchester United’s acting manager, Jimmy Murphy, left, who was standing in for injured Matt Busby, and Londonderry-born talent scout Eddie Davis, centre

The tribute is here: (‘Brave Harry won the right to be called a true football legend,’ Feb 18)

I have written to the Department of Infrastructure asking that consideration is given to a move to rename our other airport the Belfast Harry Gregg International Airport, or something similar.

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If we can have George Best Airport and Madeira the Christian Ronaldo Airport why not have our biggest airport named after one of our biggest, true heroes who put his life at risk to save others?

It would be excellent if the News Letter and other media took this up as an issue.

Jim Owens, Belfast BT7

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