Gene (Red) Edwards

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Gene Edwards


caption =
college = Notre Dame
conference = Independent
sport = Football
jersey = 25
position = Quarterback
career_start = 1924
career_end = 1926
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 161
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date|1904|3|15
birth_place = Weston, West Virginia
death_date = death date|1981|12|22
death_place = Weston, West Virginia
highschool = Weston High School
championships = y
championship_list = 1924 NCAA Championship

Eugene Hoffman "Red" Edwards (March 15, 1904—December 22, 1981) was an American football player and coach.

After graduating from Weston High School in Weston, West Virginia, Edwards would play quarterback for Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame. 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 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Edwards was offered the head coaching position for the Pittsburgh Steelers by owner Art Rooney, 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.

References

* Citizens Bank of Weston, cite web|url=http://www.appaltree.net/aba/bank4.htm|title=Art Deco in 1980
* Gene Hoffman Edwards, cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/EDWARDS.htm|title=Descendants of Thomas Aloysius Edwards