Trevor Edwards
{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1937–2024)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Trevor Edwards
| image =
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| full_name = Leonard Trevor Edwards
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|01|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rhondda, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|30|1937|01|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Queensland, Australia
| height =
| position = Full-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1956–1960
| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic
| caps1 = 64
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1960–1964
| clubs2 = Cardiff City
| caps2 = 73
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1964–1968
| clubs3 = Sydney Hakoah
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| years4 = 1969
| clubs4 = Melita Eagles
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| years5 = 1970–1972
| clubs5 = Marconi
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| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Wales U23
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 1957
| nationalteam2 = Wales
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 =
| nationalteam3 = Australia B
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates =
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Leonard Trevor Edwards (24 January 1937 – 30 May 2024) was a Welsh footballer. A full-back, he played his club football for Charlton Athletic."The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 {{ISBN|1-85291-585-4}} He was part of the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. In the sixties he emigrated to Australia,{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/E/EA.html|title=Australian Player Database – E|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=23 October 2009}}allfootballers.com Retrieved 23 October 2009 where he played for Sydney Hakoah, Melita Eagles and Marconi with whom he won the Australian Championship.When Pelé Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup by Mario Risoli (1998) {{ISBN|1-902719-02-6}} After his football career, Edwards stayed in Australia, living in Queensland. He died in Queensland in 30 May 2024, aged 87.{{Cite web |date=30 May 2024 |title=Former Wales international Edwards dies aged 87 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cv22dljzlrko#:~:text=Former%20Wales%20defender%20Trevor%20Edwards,in%20the%20finals%20in%20Sweden. |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=BBC Sport}}{{Cite web |last=Dowling |first=Rob |date=2024-05-30 |title=Trevor Edwards |url=https://faw.cymru/news/trevor-edwards/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Football Association of Wales |language=}}
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Wales men's under-23 international footballers
Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Hakoah Sydney City East FC players
Category:Parramatta FC players
Category:Marconi Stallions FC players
Category:Welsh expatriate men's footballers
Category:Welsh expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
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