Trevor Edwards

{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1937–2024)}}

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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

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| position = Full-back

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| 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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| nationalteam1 = Wales U23

| nationalcaps1 = 2

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| nationalyears2 = 1957

| nationalteam2 = Wales

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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| nationalteam3 = Australia B

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

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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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