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Revision as of 23:35, 6 January 2023 edit Crowsus (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Rollbackers 395,914 edits m Copying from Category:People from Treherbert to Category:Sportspeople from Rhondda Cynon Taf using Cat-a-lot ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 13:46, 8 January 2025 edit undo Kilgetty (talk \| contribs) 1 edit m →Club career: Correcting the mistaken birthplace of George Edwards. George was born in Kilgetty, above the Kilgetty Stores village shop which his parents owned. Tag: Visual edit
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Line 28: ===Club career=== Born in [[~~Treherbert~~Kilgetty/Begelly\|Kilgetty]], Edwards began his football career at [[Swansea City A.F.C.\|Swansea Town]] as an amateur and made his debut in [[the Football League]] at the end of the 1938–39 season. During the early years of the Second World War, he continued to study for a degree at [[Swansea University]] while still playing for Swansea Town. Called up to serve in the [[RAF]], he was stationed in the Midlands, and guested for [[Coventry City F.C.\|Coventry City]] on a number of occasions. He turned professional with [[Birmingham City F.C.\|Birmingham City]] in 1944, contributing to the club winning the championship of the [[Football League North and South\|Football League South]] wartime league and reaching the semi-final of the [[FA Cup 1945-46\|FA Cup]] in the [[1945–46 in English football\|1945–46 season]], and winning the [[Football League Second Division\|Second Division]] title in the [[1947–48 in English football\|1947–48 season]].<ref name=Matthews>{{cite book \|author=Matthews, Tony \|title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record \|year=1995 \|publisher=Breedon Books \|location=Derby \|pages=85, 240 \|isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> Line 35: ===International career=== Edwards first represented his country as an amateur in 1938, and played for Wales in wartime internationals and for Services representative sides. He made his debut for [[Wales national football team\|Wales]] in their first post-war international match, a 3–1 victory over [[Scotland national football team\|Scotland]] in October 1946, and won a total of twelve [[cap (sport)\|full caps]] during his career, scoring two goals.<ref name=FAW>{{cite web \|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/news/1188 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527205846/http://www.faw.org.uk/news/1188 \|archive-date=27 May 2011 \|title=News – George Edwards \|publisher=[[Football Association of Wales]] \|date=22 October 2008 \|url-status=usurped \|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> ==Outside football== Line 51: [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:~~People~~Sportspeople from Treherbert]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Footballers from Rhondda Cynon Taf]] [[Category:Welsh men's footballers]] [[Category:Wales men's international footballers]] [[Category:Wales men's wartime international footballers]] [[Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players]] [[Category:Birmingham City F.C. players]] Line 64: [[Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham]] [[Category:Cardiff City F.C. directors and chairmen]] [[Category:Wales men's amateur international footballers]] [[Category:~~Association~~Men's association football outside forwards]]