Cap Edwards

Cap Edwards

No. 7, 12, 22
Position:	Offensive guard
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1888-09-05)September 5, 1888
Place of birth:	South Bend, Indiana, United States
Date of death:
Place of death:	South Bend, Indiana, United States
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	South Bend (IN) Central
College:	Notre Dame
Career history
As player:
Canton Bulldogs (1920–1921) Toledo Maroons (1922) Cleveland Indians (1923) Cleveland Bulldogs (1924)
As coach:
Canton Bulldogs (1921) Cleveland Indians (1923) Cleveland Bulldogs (1925)
Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1924)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Coaching stats at PFR

Howard Eugene "Cap" Edwards (September 5, 1888 – November 23, 1944) was a National Football League coach and player in American football's earliest years. In the early 20th century, football in America was just beginning to catch on, with professional teams popping up in numerous cities, and at the time college football was more popular.

Edwards attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he played football as an offensive lineman. His professional coaching career did not begin until he was 51 years of age, and was short-lived, but nonetheless noteworthy as he coached in the pioneering days of football with such greats as Jim Thorpe and Guy Chamberlin. He first coached the Canton Bulldogs in 1921, which ended in a 5–2–3 record. In 1923 Edwards coached the Cleveland Indians, with a 3–1–3 record, followed by a 5–8–1 record as coach of the Cleveland Bulldogs.

References

• Cap Edwards Stats
• Notre Dame Archives