Jack Edwards (footballer, born 1929)

Jack Edwards
Personal information
Full name	William John Edwards
Date of birth	(1929-07-06) 6 July 1929
Place of birth	Risca, Wales
Playing position	Full back
Youth career
	Cardiff City
	Lovells athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1949–1959	Crystal Palace	223	(0)
1959–1961	Rochdale	68	(1)
1961–?	Ashford Town	?	(?)
Teams managed
1963–1965	Exeter City
1971–1973	Torquay United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

William John "Jack" Edwards (born 6 July 1929, in Risca^[1]) is a Welsh former professional footballer and football manager. In his playing career he was a full-back.^[1]

Playing career

Edwards began his career as an amateur, initially with Cardiff City and then Lovells Athletic,^[2] from whom he joined Crystal Palace in June 1949.^[1]^[3] Over the next ten seasons Edwards was a regular in the Crystal Palace side and made 223 League appearances before moving to Rochdale in June 1959.^[3] After 68 appearances for Rochdale, Edwards moved into non-league football with Ashford Town,^[1] where he also held a coaching position.^[2]

Coaching and management career

In February 1963 he became manager of Exeter City, remaining in charge until early 1965.^[4]

Edwards was appointed as Torquay United manager in October 1971, a post he held until January 1973.^[4] He later returned to Exeter,^[2] for a short spell, before becoming assistant manager at Plymouth Argyle.^[2] He subsequently served Leeds United as a scout.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
1 2 3 4 5 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 71. ISBN 0907969542.
1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 324. ISBN 0907969542.
1 2 "Managers: Jack Edwards". Soccerbase. Century Comm. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

External links

Jack Edwards at holmesdale.net

Exeter City F.C. – managers

Chadwick (1908–22)
Mavin (1923–27)
D. Wilson (1928–29)
McDevitt (1929–35)
English (1935–39)
Roughton (1945–52)
Kirkman (1952–53)
Ward (1953)
Dodgin (1953–57)
Thompson (1957–58)
Broome (1958–60)
G. Wilson (1960–62)
Spiers (1962–63)
Edwards (1963–65)
Stuttard (1965–66)
Basford (1966–67)
Broome (1967–69)
Newman (1969–76)
Saxton (1977–79)
Godfrey (1979–83)
Francis (1983–84)
Iley (1984–85)
Appleton (1985–87)
Cooper (1988–91)
Ball (1991–94)
Cooper (1994–95)
Fox (1995–2000)
Blake (2000–01)
Cornforth (2001–02)
McNab (2002–03)
Peters (2003)
Dolan (2003–04)
Perryman (2004)
Inglethorpe (2004–06)
Tisdale (2006–)

Torquay United F.C. – managers

Evans (1921–24)
Raymond (1924–25)
Mackrill (1925–29)
Womack (1929–32)
F. Brown (1932–38)
Steward (1938–40)
B. Butler (1945–46)
J. Butler (1946–47)
McNeil (1947–50)
John (1950)
Massie (1950–51)
Webber (1951–65)
O'Farrell (1965–68)
A. Brown (1969–71)
Edwards (1971–73)
Musgrove (1973–76)
O'Farrell (1976–77)
Green (1977–81)
O'Farrell (1981–82)
Rioch (1982–84)
Webb (1984–85)
Sims (1985)
Morgan (1985–87)
Knowles (1987–89)
Smith (1989–91)
Impey (1991)
Saunders (1991–92)
Golac (1992)
Compton (1992–93)
Warnock (1993)
O'Riordan (1993–95)
May (1995–96)
Hodges (1996–98)
Saunders (1998–2001)
Lee (2001)
McFarland (2001–02)
Rosenior (2002–06)
Cornforth (2006)
Atkins (2006)
Kubik (2006–07)
Curle (2007)
Buckle (2007–11)
Ling (2011–13)
Knill (2013–14)
Hargreaves (2014–15)
Cox (2015)
Nicholson (2015–)

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