Alex Edwards (footballer)

Alex Edwards

Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-02-14)14 February 1946
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Date of death	11 December 2024(2024-12-11) (aged 78)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1971	Dunfermline Athletic	240	(43)
1971–1978	Hibernian	142	(5)
1978–1980	Arbroath	9	(0)
Total		391	(48)
International career
1964[1]	SFL trial v SFA	1	(0)
1966[2]	Scotland U23	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex Edwards (14 February 1946 – 11 December 2024) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for Dunfermline, Hibernian and Arbroath.

Jock Stein gave Edwards his league debut just five days after his 16th birthday in March 1962,^[3] which made him the second-youngest outfield player (after Andy Penman of Dundee) to play in a Scottish Football League match.^[4] He then featured as a 16-year-old in Dunfermline's famous 6–2 home victory against Valencia in 1962.^[4] He went on to play for Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup finals of 1965 and 1968, winning the latter.

Hibernian manager Eddie Turnbull signed Edwards for £13,000 in 1971. He combined well on the right side of the Hibs side with John Brownlie. He played in another Scottish Cup Final in 1972, before winning the Scottish League Cup in the following season. Hibs challenged for the league title that season as well, but fell away after Edwards was banned for eight weeks having been booked four times.

Edwards moved on to Arbroath in 1978, before retiring from professional football in 1980.

In October 2024, he was inducted into the Hibernian Hall of Fame.^[5] Edwards died aged 78 on 11 December 2024.^[6]

References

1. Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Scotland U23 player Edwards, Alex, FitbaStats
3. DAFC Squad Archived 4 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Dunfermline Athletic official website.
4. Hibernian Legends: Alex Edwards, Hibernian official site. Archived 20 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Six Hibs legends inducted into Hall of Fame, Hibernian FC, 17 October 2024
6. Brown, Craig (12 December 2024). "Alex Edwards | 14 February 1946 – 11 December 2024 | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club -". Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

• Alex Edwards at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
• Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.