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  • Dan Edwards
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  • Daniel Moody Edwards (August 17, 1926 – August 7, 2001) was an Gridiron football end in the All-America Football Conference, Canadian Football League, and the National Football League. He played college football at Georgia. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft, Edwards played for the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers (1948) and Chicago Hornets (1949) and the NFL's New York Yanks (1950–1951), Dallas Texans (1952) and Baltimore Colts (1953–1954). In 1950, he was selected for the Pro Bowl and First-Team All-Pro. He holds the record for the shortest kick off return for a touchdown, 17 yards, set on October 17, 1949.
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Birth Date
  • 1926-08-17
NFLDraftedPick
  • 9
death place
  • Gatesville, Texas, United States
Name
  • Dan Edwards
  • Edwards, Dan
NFLDraftedRound
  • 1
Height in
  • 1
Date of Death
  • 2001-08-07
Birth Place
Weight lbs
  • 197
NFLDraftedYear
  • 1948
Import
  • Yes
College
death date
  • 2001-08-07
playing teams
  • BC Lions
  • Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)Chicago HornetsNew York YanksDallas TexansBaltimore Colts
Place of Birth
Place of death
  • Gatesville, Texas, United States
Records
  • NFL record for shortest kick off return for a touchdown
coaching years
  • 1958
  • 1959
playing years
  • 1955
  • 194819491950
Height ft
  • 6
Position
Date of Birth
  • 1926-08-17
Short Description
  • American football player
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  • Daniel Moody Edwards (August 17, 1926 – August 7, 2001) was an Gridiron football end in the All-America Football Conference, Canadian Football League, and the National Football League. He played college football at Georgia. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft, Edwards played for the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers (1948) and Chicago Hornets (1949) and the NFL's New York Yanks (1950–1951), Dallas Texans (1952) and Baltimore Colts (1953–1954). In 1950, he was selected for the Pro Bowl and First-Team All-Pro. He holds the record for the shortest kick off return for a touchdown, 17 yards, set on October 17, 1949. Following his playing career, Edwards spent four seasons as a coach with the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos before leaving football to become an oil executive.