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Fullname: | Walter Thomas Edwards |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1923 |
Birth Place: | Llanelli, Wales |
Death Place: | Lambeth, England |
Position: | Left winger |
Years1: | –1946 |
Clubs1: | Workington |
Years2: | 1946–1948 |
Clubs2: | Fulham |
Caps2: | 2 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1948 |
Clubs3: | Southend United |
Caps3: | 12 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1948–? |
Clubs4: | Leicester City |
Caps4: | 3 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1950–1952 |
Clubs5: | Bath City |
Years6: | 1952–1953 |
Clubs6: | Walsall |
Caps6: | 12 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 1953–? |
Clubs7: | Oswestry |
Walter Thomas Edwards (11 March 1923 – October 2000) was a Welsh footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Fulham, Southend United, Leicester City and Walsall.
Edwards joined Fulham from Workington in August 1946. He joined Southend United for £2,000 in March 1948, then moved to Leicester City in December of that year for £3,500. After a period playing in the north of England, he moved to Bath City for the 1950–51 season, joining fellow new recruits Trevor Jones, Wilson Fairweather and George Adams.[1] He joined Walsall in May 1952, then moved to Oswestry in July 1953.[2]