Jackie Edwards (rugby league)
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| Full name | Jack Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 May 2025 (aged 85) Standish, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Shaun Edwards (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Edwards (12 August 1939 – 17 May 2025) was an English rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half. He played for over 200 games for Warrington between 1955 and 1964.
Playing career
After leaving school, Edwards signed for Warrington on his 16th birthday in August 1955. He made his first team debut in November 1955 against Wakefield Trinity in the Independent Television Floodlit Trophy competition, becoming the youngest ever player to play for the club.[2]
Edwards helped Warrington win the 1959–60 Lancashire Cup with a 5–4 victory in the final against St Helens.[3] He also played in the 1960–61 Championship final, but was on the losing side in a 10–25 defeat against Leeds.
He was forced to retire prematurely from the sport in 1964 due to a spinal injury.[4] In 1966, Warrington arranged a testimonial fund for Edwards.[5]
In 2013, he was inducted into Warrington's Hall of Fame.[3]
Personal life and death
Edwards was the father of the rugby league scrum-half and rugby union coach, Shaun Edwards.[6]
Edwards died on 17 May 2025, at the age of 85, after spending several years at a nursing home in Standish, Greater Manchester.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Player Summary: Jackie Edwards". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: Peacock and Edwards". Warrington Wolves. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Warrington Wolves honour past players Edwards and Peacock". Warrington Guardian. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "A Cruel Twist Of Fate". Manchester Evening News. 10 January 1967. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jackie Edwards Deserves Bumper Testimonial". Liverpool Echo (Sports Final ed.). 26 February 1966. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Edwards brings Wasps the best of many worlds". The Independent. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Warrington Wolves - Obituary | Jackie Edwards". Warringtonwolves.com. 19 May 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Shaun Edwards' father Jackie Edwards died on Saturday". Warringtonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2025.