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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (1926–2001)}}
{{For|other people sharing this name|Daniel Edwards (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Dan Edwards
| image = Dan Edwards - 1952 Bowman large.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Edwards on a 1952 Bowman football card
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|17}}
| birth_place = [[Osage, Colorado County, Texas|Osage, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|8|7|1926|8|17}}
| death_place = [[Gatesville, Texas]], U.S.
| team = 
| number = 51, 4, 82
| status = 
| import = Yes
| position1 = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 197
| college = [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]
| NFLDraftedYear = 1948
| NFLDraftedRound = 1
| NFLDraftedPick = 9th
| NFLDraftedTeam = [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| coaching_years1 = 1958
| coaching_team1 = [[BC Lions]]
| coaching_years2 = 1959–1961
| coaching_team2 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (line)
| playing_years1 = 1948
| playing_team1 = [[Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)]]
| playing_years2 = 1949
| playing_team2 = [[Chicago Hornets]]
| playing_years3 = 1950–1951
| playing_team3 = [[New York Yanks]]
| playing_years4 = 1952
| playing_team4 = [[Dallas Texans (NFL)|Dallas Texans]]
| playing_years5 = 1953–1954
| playing_team5 = [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]
| playing_years6 = 1955–1957
| playing_team6 = [[BC Lions]]
| career_highlights = 
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1947 All-SEC football team|1947]])
| records = NFL record for shortest kick off return for a touchdown (17 yards)
}}

'''Daniel Moody Edwards''' (August 17, 1926 – August 7, 2001) was an American [[gridiron football]] player and coach.  He played professional as an [[End (American football)|end]] in the [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC), the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL), and the [[National Football League]] (NFL).

==Biography==
Edwards played [[college football]] at [[Georgia Bulldogs football|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 (AAFC)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1948) and [[Chicago Hornets]] (1949) and the NFL's [[New York Yanks]] (1950–1951), [[Dallas Texans (NFL)|Dallas Texans]] (1952) and [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|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. {{Citation needed|date=April 2015}}

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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hunter|first=Gorde|title=One Man's Opinions|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H2VkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3687,4751890&dq|access-date=May 1, 2011|newspaper=The Calgary Herald|date=May 19, 1962}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Baltimore Colts players]]
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[[Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) players]]
[[Category:Chicago Hornets players]]
[[Category:Dallas Texans (NFL) players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Elks coaches]]
[[Category:Georgia Bulldogs football players]]
[[Category:New York Yanks players]]
[[Category:Western Conference Pro Bowl players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Colorado County, Texas]]


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