Bill Edwards
American football head coach
1905 – 1987
Who was Bill Edwards?
William Miller "Bill" Edwards was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Reserve University, Vanderbilt University and Wittenberg University in a career lasting more than 30 years, compiling a win-loss-tie record of 168–45–8. Edwards also coached the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1941 to 1942, tallying a 4–9–1 record, and served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns in the late 1940s.
Raised near Massillon, Ohio, Edwards was the son of an immigrant from Wales who worked in the area's coal mines. He played football at Massillon Washington High School and enrolled at Ohio State University, where he stayed for a year before transferring to Wittenberg University. After college, Edwards began his coaching career at high schools in Ohio. He got his first job as a college head coach in 1935 at Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio and guided the team to a 49–6–2 record over six seasons. Edwards was then hired to coach the Lions, but his brief stay there was unsuccessful, and he was fired at the beginning of the 1942 season. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy later that year and served in the military during World War II until his discharge in 1946.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1905
Massillon - Profession
- Lived in
- Ohio
- Died
- Jun 12, 1987
Springfield
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on July 23, 2013
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