Henry Ross "Harry" Edwards (1870 – after 1899) was an English

England

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 professional footballer who played in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 for Small Heath

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

.

Edwards was born in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

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. An inside forward

Inside forward

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, he attracted the attention of the Small Heath club, whose scout went to watch him playing for Singer's

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

; they signed him, together with his more impressive teammate Frank Mobley

Frank Mobley

Frank Mobley was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. He scored 64 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions for Small Heath, and was their leading scorer in three successive seasons at the club, from 1893–94 – when he was also overall top scorer in the Second...

, who went on to score 64 goals in four seasons for Small Heath. Edwards played in the first five games of the 1892–93 season – Small Heath's first season in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 – and scored on his debut, in a 5–1 defeat of Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

, but could not compete with Billy Walton

Billy Walton

William Howard T. "Billy" Walton was an English footballer who played for Small Heath for fourteen years. He made 232 appearances and scored 70 goals in all competitions.-Biography:...

 and the prolific Fred Wheldon. He played for Leicester Fosse

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 in the Midland League

Midland Football League

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 and for Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

, without appearing in their Football League side, before moving to Southern League

Southern Football League

The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

 club Wolverton L&NWR

Wolverton A.F.C.

Wolverton Association Football Club, often known simply as Wolverton, was an English football team representing the town of Wolverton . The club's motto was "In Omnia Paratus" . The club was wound up in 1992...

. Edwards settled well at Wolverton, playing as an attacking centre half

Midfielder

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, and stayed for three seasons before moving to fellow Southern League club Watford

Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

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Edwards' younger brother Bill

Bill Edwards (footballer)

William H. "Bill" Edwards was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.Edwards was born in Coventry, Warwickshire...

was also a professional footballer who played for Small Heath.

Edwards died in his native Coventry.