Eugene Hoffman "Red" Edwards (March 15, 1904 – December 22, 1981) was an American football

American football

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 player and coach.

After graduating from Weston High School in Weston, West Virginia

Weston, West Virginia

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, Edwards would play quarterback

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 for Knute Rockne

Knute Rockne

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 at the University of Notre Dame

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. As a two-year starter, he would lead the team to a record of 7-2-1 in 1925, and 9-1 as a captain in 1926.

Later in his career, while coaching at Saint Vincent College

Saint Vincent College

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 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

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, Edwards was offered the head coaching position for the Pittsburgh Steelers

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 by owner Art Rooney

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, but he would decline. In 1956, he and his wife Sarah (née Brewster) returned to his home town of Weston to accept a position with Citizens Bank, where he would eventually become Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1968.

Edwards was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.