- He won the FIFA World Cup with England in 1966, along with his brother Jack Charlton.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1969 Queen's Birthday Honours List, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1974 Queen's New Year Honours List and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Assocation Football.
- He played for England in the FIFA World Cups of 1962, 1966 and 1970.
- As English football's most famous player in history, he fronted with Geoff Hurst and Michael Owen the unsuccessful bid for England to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- A former Manchester United player, he has worked hard as an ambassador for the club and has promoted its reputation internationally.
- He wore the number 9 shirt for England.
- He played in 106 games for England (1958 to 1970).
- He scored 49 goals for England, which remained the record until 2015, when it was beaten by Wayne Rooney.
- He was seriously injured during the 1958 Munich Aircrash in which a number of players, staff and journalists sadly lost their lives.
- His best friend as a youth was Duncan Edwards, a fellow footballer who died from injuries sustained in the Munich air crash. He still believes Edwards was the most gifted footballer England ever produced.
- His daughter Suzanne was a BBC Weather presenter (as a Met Office employee) in the 1980s and 1990s before leaving to pursue other interests.
- He became a director at Manchester United Football Club.
- Alan Ball considered him to be one of England's five truly world class players in the 1966 World Cup winning squad. The others were Gordon Banks, Bobby Moore, Ray Wilson and Jimmy Greaves.
- He scored both of the England goals in the 1966 World Cup semi-final against Portugal which ended up winning the game 2-1. This made him the first England men's player to score in a World Cup semi-final and only two further players have also done this (Gary Lineker against West Germany in 1990 and Kieran Trippier against Croatia in 2018).
- According to his brother Jack Charlton, his ability with both feet was so good as a player that many people would question whether he was right or left-footed.
- He was the only English player chosen by Johan Cruijff to be part of his dream all-time XI.
- 606 appearances for Manchester United in First English Division (1956-1973), scored 199 goals.
- On 2 March 2009, Charlton was given the freedom of the city of Manchester. He stated: "I'm just so proud, it's fantastic. It's a great city. I have always been very proud of it.".
- On 9 February 1953, then a Bedlington Grammar School pupil, Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong. Charlton went on to play for England Schoolboys and the 15-year-old signed amateur forms with United on 1 January 1953 along with Wilf McGuinness, also aged 15.
- He was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn (Leeds United and Bradford City), George Milburn (Leeds United and Chesterfield), Jim Milburn (Leeds United and Bradford Park Avenue) and Stan Milburn (Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn was his mother's cousin.
- Took part in FIFA World Cup 1966 in England.
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