Trevor Edwards

Trevor Edwards
Personal information
Full name Leonard Trevor Edwards
Date of birth (1937-01-24)24 January 1937
Place of birth Rhondda, Wales
Date of death 30 May 2024(2024-05-30) (aged 87)
Place of death Queensland, Australia
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1960 Charlton Athletic 64 (0)
1960–1964 Cardiff City 73 (3)
1964–1968 Sydney Hakoah
1969 Melita Eagles
1970–1972 Marconi
International career
Wales U23 2
1957 Wales 2 (0)
Australia B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Trevor Edwards (24 January 1937 – 30 May 2024) was a Welsh footballer. A full-back, he played his club football for Charlton Athletic.[1] He was part of the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. In the sixties he emigrated to Australia,[2][3] where he played for Sydney Hakoah, Melita Eagles and Marconi with whom he won the Australian Championship.[4] After his football career, Edwards stayed in Australia, living in Queensland. He died in Queensland in 30 May 2024, at the age of 87.[5][6]

  1. ^ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
  2. ^ "Australian Player Database – E". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  3. ^ allfootballers.com Retrieved 23 October 2009
  4. ^ When Pelé Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup by Mario Risoli (1998) ISBN 1-902719-02-6
  5. ^ "Former Wales international Edwards dies aged 87". BBC Sport. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ Dowling, Rob (30 May 2024). "Trevor Edwards". Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 30 May 2024.