Ernie Edwards

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Ernie Edwards
Personal information
Full name Ernest Arthur Edwards
Date of birth (1892-02-17)17 February 1892
Place of birth Stourbridge, England
Place of death Kidderminster, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Old Hill Unity
West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
– Kidderminster Olympic
1911–1913 Redditch Town
1913–1919 Birmingham 17 (0)
1919 Tipton Excelsior
1919 Merthyr Town
1919–1923 Newport County[a] 113 (0)
1923–1926 Southend United 92 (4)
1926–19?? Dudley Town
– Merthyr Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Arthur Edwards (17 February 1892 – after 1931) was an English professional footballer who made 222 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Newport County and Southend United.[2] He played as a half back.

Edwards was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He began his football career with clubs in and around the Black Country before joining Football League Second Division club Birmingham in April 1913.[3] He made his debut on 3 September 1913, in a 3–2 win at home to Stockport County, the first of a run of games at the start of that season, but played only rarely after that before the First World War put an end to League football.[4] Edwards played as a guest for Newport County in the wartime leagues, and after the war returned to the club where he played more than 100 games in the Third Division South.[2] In the 1927 close season Edwards joined Southend United, where he played nearly 100 games in all competitions,[5] and went on to play for Dudley Town and Merthyr Town[2] before retiring from the game in 1932.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Appearances and goals for Newport County include only the Football League years.

References

  1. ^ Old Blue (29 August 1914). "The 1914–15 season at hand". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 82. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ^ Matthews, pp. 160–61.
  5. ^ "Ernie Edwards". Southend United Database. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2009.