{"id":96000,"date":"2023-11-13T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96000"},"modified":"2023-11-13T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:24:07","slug":"who-is-sir-bobby-charltons-brother-tommy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/who-is-sir-bobby-charltons-brother-tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Sir Bobby Charlton&apos;s brother Tommy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Who is Tommy Charlton? Meet Bobby Charlton&#8217;s brother who is leading the tributes at Man United legend&#8217;s funeral<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tommy Charlton is the last surviving brother of legend Sir Bobby Charlton\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tommy, 77, believes Sir Bobby has been reunited with their older sibling Jack\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man Utd are NOT good enough to have a ball-playing keeper &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sir Bobby Charlton&#8217;s brother Tommy is leading tributes to the former Manchester United legend ahead his funeral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sir Bobby&#8217;s brother Tommy, 77, believes the United and England icon has been reunited with their older sibling Jack Charlton in heaven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester will say goodbye to Sir Bobby, who died last month after a fall at a care home where he was suffering from dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thousands will line the streets ahead of a memorial service at Manchester Cathedral, where greats of the game and his loved-ones will gather. The funeral procession to the cathedral will pass by his beloved Old Trafford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport breaks down everything you need to know about Sir\u00a0Bobby Charlton&#8217;s brother Tommy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77731075-12742661-Sir_Bobby_Charlton_s_brother_Tommy_is_leading_tributes_to_the_fo-m-22_1699867952490.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Bobby Charlton &#8216;s brother Tommy is leading tributes to the former Manchester United legend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77088083-12742661-A_service_celebrating_Sir_Bobby_Charlton_s_life_will_take_place_-a-18_1699867844485.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester will say goodbye to Sir Bobby, who died last month after a fall at a care home where he was suffering from dementia<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Charlton, 77, is the last surviving brother of Sir Bobby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He revealed he played a bit of football growing up at amateur level, but was forced to stop when he broke his kneecap in a friendly game.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Rotherham Community Trust, he said: &#8216;I never seriously tried to get into the professional game mainly because of the brilliance of my brothers, how can a mere mortal compete with that?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tommy was only 12 when he almost lost Bobby, then aged 20, in the Munich air disaster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a terrible time for me and the family,&#8217; he told the Mirror. &#8216;The strangest thing is that I was quite certain that Bob would come through. I really cannot explain that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tommy revealed to\u00a0Sky Sports\u00a0that he missed a trip to Wembley to watch his brothers win the 1966 World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Before the final, Bob managed to get me a ticket to the final,&#8217; he said. &#8216;And I lived in Ashington and Ashington is a long way from London. I&#8217;d never been to London. I&#8217;d very rarely been out of Ashington, if the truth was known.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/76890745-12742661-Tommy_77_says_Sir_Bobby_has_been_reunited_with_their_old_sibling-a-19_1699867915260.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tommy, 77, says Sir Bobby has been reunited with their old sibling Jack Charlton in heaven<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/76834657-12742661-Charlton_won_the_World_Cup_with_the_Three_Lions_in_1966_pictured-a-20_1699867917968.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charlton won the World Cup with the Three Lions in 1966 (pictured: Charlton with the trophy)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t have any money to get there. Nobody in the family had that sort of money, and I didn&#8217;t want to ask brother Jack to help me, because they had far too much on the plate at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And that was just not the thing that I was willing to do, so I watched the match at home on the TV, and, well, it was actually with my girlfriend at the time &#8211; it was at their house<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I regret that now. I regret that I should have, actually got a bank loan or something to get there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But to me, it was just my brothers playing a game&#8230; it was playing for England again, you know? I don&#8217;t know what he probably makes of that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Charlton made his England debut at the age of 72 in 2018\u00a0in the world&#8217;s first walking football international.<\/p>\n<p>He played a key role at Brighton and Hove Albion&#8217;s stadium as part of an over-60s side playing Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charlton won a place in the team after impressing national selectors during a trial at Burnley earlier that year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his debut,\u00a0Charlton featured regularly for The Mature Millers walking football club in Rotherham.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77358007-12742661-But_Tommy_was_unable_to_make_the_trip_to_Wembley_to_watch_Jack_a-a-23_1699867974291.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tommy revealed he was unable to make the trip to Wembley to watch Jack and Charlton win the 1966 World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77731845-12742661-image-a-24_1699869365738.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tommy is a keen walking football player and featured in the world&#8217;s first walking football international.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/09\/77731849-12742661-image-a-25_1699869410801.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He played a key role at Brighton and Hove Albion&#8217;s stadium as part of an over-60s side playing Italy<\/p>\n<h2>What has he said on Sir Bobby&#8217;s death?<\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with the Mirror last month, an emotional Tommy made a heartfelt tribute to Man United legend following his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If ever there was a place reserved in heaven, it is for Bob. He and Jack were everybody&#8217;s heroes. Throughout my life, from being a little boy, I have never felt anything other than pride in both of Jack and Bob.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being the youngest, Jack was a big, towering guy, my big brother, I looked up to him growing up. And I respected Bob&#8217;s integrity and intelligence. You could talk to him about any subject.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am a little bit annoyed that football took them away from me when we were young. From the age of 10, I would see them when they came home from their clubs, or we went to visit. Other families were growing up together.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tommy added: &#8216;They were idols to other people. But to me, they were my brothers. That is where my heart is, with my brothers.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12742661\/Who-Tommy-Charlton-Bobby-Charlton-Brother.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Tommy Charlton? 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