Dan Edwards

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (1926–2001)}}

{{For|other people sharing this name|Daniel Edwards (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}

{{Refimprove|date=April 2009}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dan Edwards

| image = Dan Edwards - 1952 Bowman large.jpg

| caption = Edwards on a 1952 Bowman football card

| number = 51, 4, 82, 71

| position = End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|7|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Osage, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|8|7|1926|7|18}}

| death_place = Gatesville, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 197

| high_school = Gatesville
(Gatesville, Texas)

| college = Georgia

| draftyear = 1948

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 9

| pastteams =

• Brooklyn Dodgers (1948)
• Chicago Hornets (1949)
• New York Yanks ({{NFL Year|1950|1951}})
• Dallas Texans ({{NFL Year|1952}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1953|1954}})
• BC Lions (1955-1957)

| pastcoaching =

• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1958}})
  Head coach
• Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|1959|1961}})
  Line

| highlights =

• Pro Bowl (1950)
• NFL record for shortest kick off return for a touchdown (17 yards)
• First-team All-SEC (1947)

| statleague = NFL/AAFC

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 234

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 2,898

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 16

| pfr = EdwaDa00

}}

Daniel Moody Edwards (August 17, 1926 – August 7, 2001) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played professional as an end in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the National Football League (NFL).