Billy Edwards (footballer, born 1895)
William Frank Edwards (24 October 1895 – 4 June 1952) was an Welsh professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newport County and West Ham United as an outside right.[1][6][7] He later represented Herefordshire at bowls and won the National Triples title in 1950.[5][8]
 Edwards while with Newport County in 1922. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Frank Edwards[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1895[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Builth, Wales[3] | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 1952 (aged 56)[4] | ||
| Place of death | Hereford, England[5] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Knighton Town | |||
| Shrewsbury Town | |||
| Llanelli | |||
| 1916–1917 | → Watford (guest) | 28 | (14) |
| 1917 | → Fulham (guest) | 6 | (2) |
| 1917 | → Queens Park Rangers (guest) | 1 | (0) |
| 1917–1918 | → Brentford (guest) | 10 | (1) |
| 1919–1920 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 1920–1923 | Newport County | 79 | (12) |
| 1923–1926 | West Ham United | 37 | (3) |
| 1926–1927 | Newport County | 0 | (0) |
| 1927–1932 | Hereford United | 43 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Personal life
Prior to his service in the First World War, Edwards worked as a motor driver.[9] In July 1915, nearly a year after the outbreak of the First World War, Edwards enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as an air mechanic 1st class.[10] He was later promoted to the rank of leading aircraftman.[10] After retiring from football, Edwards became a publican in Hereford and along with his brother, he served as a director of Hereford United.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United | 1922–23[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1923–24[4] | First Division | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| 1924–25[4] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1925–26[4] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | |||
| Hereford United | 1927–28[11] | Birmingham Combination | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 17 | 13 |
| 1928–29[11] | Birmingham & District League | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 20 | 12 | |
| 1929–30[11] | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1930–31[11] | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1931–32[11] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 27 | ||
| Career Total | 80 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 30 | ||
- Appearances in Birmingham Senior Cup
References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 91. ISBN 190589161X.
- "William F Edwards's life in 1939". www.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- "Find My Past". www.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "William Edwards". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Obituary". Kington Times. 7 June 1952. p. 2.
- "Edwards Billy West Ham United 1924". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 – Seasons – 1910/11 to 1919/20" (PDF). pp. 8–9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- "Hereford win Triples". Nottingham Journal. 23 August 1950. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Billy Edwards on Lives of the First World War
- "Find My Past". www.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- "The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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