Trevor Edwards

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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 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, aged 87.[5][6]

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