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{{short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Infobox NFL player
|name=Cap Edwards
|image=
|number=7, 12, 22
|position=[[Guard (American and Canadian football)|Guard]]
|birth_date={{Birth date|1888|9|5}}
|birth_place=[[South Bend, Indiana]]
|death_date={{Death date and age|1944|11|23|1888|9|5}}
|death_place=[[South Bend, Indiana]]
|height_ft=6
|height_in=0
|weight_lbs=207
|high_school=South Bend (IN) Central
|college=[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
|pastteams=
* [[Canton Bulldogs]] ({{NFL Year|1920}}–{{NFL Year|1921}})
* [[Toledo Maroons]] ({{NFL Year|1922}})
* [[Cleveland Bulldogs|Cleveland Indians]] ({{NFL Year|1923}})
* [[Cleveland Bulldogs]] ({{NFL Year|1924}})
|pastcoaching=
* [[Canton Bulldogs]] ({{NFL Year|1921}})
* [[Cleveland Bulldogs|Cleveland Indians]] ({{NFL Year|1923}})
* [[Cleveland Bulldogs]] ({{NFL Year|1925}})
|highlights=
* [[History of National Football League Championship|NFL champion]] ({{NFL Year|1924}})
|nflnew=capedwards/2513487
|pfr=E/EdwaCa20
|pfrcoach=EdwaCa0
}}
'''Howard Eugene "Cap" Edwards''' (September 5, 1888 – November 23, 1944) was a [[National Football League]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] and [[Player (game)|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.<ref>http://www.profootballarchives.com/edwa02900.html</ref>

Edwards attended and graduated from the [[University of Notre Dame]], where he played football as an [[Guard (American and Canadian football)|guard]]. His professional coaching career 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 NFL season|1921]], which ended in a 5–2–3 record. In [[1923 NFL season|1923]] Edwards coached the [[Cleveland Bulldogs|Cleveland Indians]], with a 3–1–3 record, followed by a 5–8–1 record as coach of the [[Cleveland Bulldogs]].

Edwards also served as the head football coach at [[West Virginia Wesleyan College]] in [[Buckhannon, West Virginia]] from 1910 to 1911.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw3_obTNh4QC|title=NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011|first=John|last=Maxymuk|publisher=McFarland|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=E/EdwaCa0 |rotoworld= }}

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[[Category:1880 births]]
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[[Category:American football guards]]
[[Category:Canton Bulldogs coaches]]
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[[Category:Cleveland Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:Cleveland Indians (NFL 1923) players]]
[[Category:Cleveland Indians-Bulldogs coaches]]
[[Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players]]
[[Category:Toledo Maroons players]]
[[Category:West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football coaches]]
[[Category:People from South Bend, Indiana]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Indiana]]

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