Harry Edwards (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Ross Edwards | ||
| Date of birth | 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
| Place of death | Coventry, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward / Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 18??–1892 | Singer's | ||
| 1892–1893 | Small Heath | 5 | (1) |
| 1893 | Ryton Rovers | ||
| 1893–1894 | Leicester Fosse | ||
| 1894–1895 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
| 1895–1898 | Wolverton L&NWR | ||
| 1898–1899 | Watford | ||
| 1899–1900 | Bedford Queens Works | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Henry Ross Edwards (1870 – after 1899) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.[1]
Edwards was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. An inside forward,[2] he attracted the attention of the Small Heath club, whose scout went to watch him playing for Singer's; they signed him, together with his more impressive teammate Frank Mobley, who went on to score 64 goals in four seasons for Small Heath.[3] Edwards played in the first five games of the 1892–93 season – Small Heath's first season in the Football League – and scored on his debut, in a 5–1 defeat of Port Vale,[4] but could not compete with Billy Walton and the prolific Fred Wheldon.[2] He played for Leicester Fosse in the Midland League and for Derby County, without appearing in their Football League side, before moving to Southern League club Wolverton L&NWR.[1] Edwards settled well at Wolverton, playing as an attacking centre half, and stayed for three seasons before moving to fellow Southern League club Watford.[2]
Edwards' younger brother Bill was also a professional footballer who played for Small Heath.[2]
Edwards died in his native Coventry.[2]