Billy Edwards (footballer, born 1895)

William Frank Edwards, known as Billy Edwards, was a Welsh footballer born on 24 October 1895 who died on 4 June 1952. He played as an outside right and appeared in the Football League for Newport County and West Ham United during the 1920s, after earlier spells with clubs that included Shrewsbury Town, Brentford, Watford and Fulham. In his later life he turned to bowls, represented Herefordshire, and won the National Triples title in 1950. Before his sporting career he worked as a motor driver, and in July 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as an air mechanic. After retiring from football he became a publican in Hereford and, with his brother, served as a director of Hereford United. The article that describes him is built on a football league players record book and on obituary and newspaper notices.