Manchester United is deeply saddened to share the next assertion on behalf of the Legislation household:
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we inform you our father Denis Legislation has sadly handed away. He fought a tricky battle however lastly he’s now at peace.
“We wish to thank everybody who contributed to his wellbeing and care, previous and way more just lately.
“We all know how a lot individuals supported and cherished him and that love was at all times appreciated and made the distinction. Thanks.”
Everybody at Manchester United is mourning the lack of Denis Legislation, the King of the Stretford Finish, who has handed away, aged 84.
Our deepest condolences exit to Denis’s household and lots of pals. His reminiscence will stay on ceaselessly extra.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 17, 2025
Regardless of scoring the purpose which relegated United in 1974 after he’d made a controversial transfer to rivals, Man Metropolis, Legislation was nonetheless revered and beloved within the purple half of Manchester.
That’s no surprise, given that in his time at Outdated Trafford, the Scotsman scored a vastly spectacular 237 objectives in 404 appearances.
Denis Legislation is the one Scotsman to win the Ballon d’Or
He signed for United from Torino in 1962 for what was a then-British file switch payment, and he went on to develop into the one Scotsman to win the Ballon d’Or – in 1964.
He’s additionally the one participant to have two statues devoted to him on the Theatre of Goals.
One is the United Trinity statue with Greatest and Charlton on the Outdated Trafford forecourt, and the opposite is on the concourse on the Stretford Finish.
