Turk Edwards

For the politician, see Al Edwards.

Turk Edwards

No. 17

Position:

Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 28, 1907

Place of birth:

Mold, Washington

Date of death:

January 12, 1973 (aged 65)

Place of death:

Seattle, Washington

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

255 lb (116 kg)

Career information

High school:

Clarkston (WA)

College:

Washington State

Career history

As player:

Boston Braves / Redskins / Washington Redskins (1932–1940)

As coach:

Washington Redskins (assistant) (1941–1945)
Washington Redskins (head coach) (1946–1948)

Career highlights and awards

NFL champion (1937)
NFL All-Star (1939)
3× First-team All-Pro (1934, 1936, 1937)
NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
70 Greatest Redskins

Career NFL statistics as of 1940

Games played:	86
Touchdowns:	2
Head coaching record:	16–18–1
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Pro Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

Albert Glen "Turk" Edwards (September 28, 1907 – January 12, 1973) was an American football tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career for, and later became the head coach of, the Washington Redskins. Edwards was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969.

College career

Edwards attended and played college football at Washington State University from 1929 to 1931. He helped lead the Cougars to a 9–0 record during the 1930 season and gained an invitation to the 1931 Rose Bowl.^[1] Edwards, along with Mel Hein, became the first All-Americans selected from Washington State.^[1] He was a member of the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity while at Washington State University.

Professional career

After finishing college, Edwards received offers from three NFL franchises, the recently created Boston Braves, the New York Giants, and the Portsmouth Spartans.^[2] He chose the highest bid: $1,500 for 10 games from the Braves, a team that would later become the Boston Redskins and then move to Washington, D.C. in 1937.^[3]

Edwards played for the Braves/Redskins for nine seasons, winning All-NFL honors from major media outlets every year of his career except his last one.^[3]

Edwards sustained a career-ending injury during a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the New York Giants in 1940. After calling the coin toss and shaking hands with college teammate Mel Hein (the Giants' captain), Edwards attempted to pivot around to head back to his sideline. However, his cleats caught in the grass and his oft-injured knee gave way, ending his season and ultimately his career.^[3]

Edwards was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969, which he described as "certainly the greatest honor." He was introduced at the ceremony by Mel Hein, who said, "The thing I'll remember most about Turk Edwards is that he was a true sportsman, a true gentleman and still is."^[4]

Coaching career

Edwards continued with the Redskins as an assistant coach from 1941 to 1945 and then as the head coach from 1946 to 1948. After 17 consecutive seasons with the Redskins, Edwards retired from professional football.^[3]

After football

After retiring from football, Edwards returned to the Pacific Northwest and sold sporting goods out of a store in Seattle's University District. In 1961, he moved to Kelso, Washington, where he spent 12 years working in the Cowlitz County assessor's office. Edwards died on January 12, 1973 after a long illness.^[5]

References

1 2 "Turk Edwards' College HOF Profile". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
↑ "Turk Edwards". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
1 2 3 4 "Turk Edwards' HOF Profile". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
↑ "Five New Members Join Pro Grid Hall Of Fame". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. September 14, 1969. p. 17. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
↑ "Wayback Machine: Hollingbery, Hein, Edwards". Sports Press NW. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2015-09-28.

External links

Turk Edwards at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Turk Edwards at the College Football Hall of Fame

Turk Edwards at Pro-Football-Reference.com
Turk Edwards at Find a Grave

Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins head coaches

Lud Wray (1932)
William Dietz (1933–1934)
Eddie Casey (1935)
Ray Flaherty (1936–1942)
Dutch Bergman (1943)
Dudley DeGroot (1944–1945)
Turk Edwards (1946–1948)
John Whelchel (1949)
Herman Ball (1949–1951)
Dick Todd (1951)
Curly Lambeau (1952–1953)
Joe Kuharich (1954–1958)
Mike Nixon (1959–1960)
Bill McPeak (1961–1965)
Otto Graham (1966–1968)
Vince Lombardi (1969)
Bill Austin (1970)
George Allen (1971–1977)
Jack Pardee (1978–1980)
Joe Gibbs (1981–1992)
Richie Petitbon (1993)
Norv Turner (1994–2000)
Terry Robiskie (2000)
Marty Schottenheimer (2001)
Steve Spurrier (2002–2003)
Joe Gibbs (2004–2007)
Jim Zorn (2008–2009)
Mike Shanahan (2010–2013)
Jay Gruden (2014– )

Turk Edwards—championships, awards, and honors

Boston Braves (NFL) 1932 inaugural season roster

Head Coach: Lud Wray

Washington Redskins 1937 NFL champions

Jim Barber Cliff Battles Sammy Baugh Chuck Bond Eddie Britt Vic Carroll Turk Edwards Dixie Howell Don Irwin Ed Justice Ed Kahn Jim Karcher Ed Kawal Henry Krause Max Krause Charley Malone Bob McChesney Ed Michaels Wayne Millner Les Olsson Nelson Peterson Erny Pinckert Ben Smith George Smith Riley Smith Bill Young Head coach: Ray Flaherty

NFL's 1930s All-Decade Team

Dutch Clark Arnie Herber Cecil Isbell Cliff Battles John McNally Beattie Feathers Tuffy Leemans Ken Strong Clarke Hinkle Bronko Nagurski Bill Hewitt Don Hutson Wayne Millner Gaynell Tinsley George Christensen Frank Cope Turk Edwards Bill Lee Joe Stydahar Ox Emerson Dan Fortmann Charles Goldenberg Russ Letlow Mel Hein George Svendsen

70 Greatest Redskins

21 Terry Allen RB 1995–98
41 Mike Bass CB 1969–75
20 Cliff Battles B 1932–37
33 Sammy Baugh QB 1937–52
31 Don Bosseler B 1957–64
53 Jeff Bostic C 1980–93
4 Mike Bragg P 1968–79
80 Gene Brito DE 1951–53, 1955–58
43 Larry Brown RB 1969–76
77 Bill Brundige DE 1970–77
65 Dave Butz DT 1975–88
21 Earnest Byner RB 1989–93
84 Gary Clark WR 1985–92
51 Monte Coleman LB 1979–94
53 Al DeMao C 1945–53
36 Chuck Drazenovich LB 1950–59
35 Bill Dudley RB 1950–51, 1953
17 Turk Edwards T 1932–40
44 Andy Farkas FB 1938–44
37 Pat Fischer CB 1968–77
28 Darrell Green CB 1983–2002
68 Russ Grimm G 1981–91
55 Chris Hanburger LB 1965–78
57 Ken Harvey LB 1994–98
56 Len Hauss C 1964–77
27 Ken Houston S 1973–80
70 Sam Huff LB 1964–67, 1969
66 Joe Jacoby T/G 1981–93
47 Dick James RB 1955–63
9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 1964–74
22 Charlie Justice RB 1950, 1952–54
17 Billy Kilmer QB 1971–78
26 Paul Krause DB 1964–67
79 Jim Lachey T 1988–95
14 Eddie LeBaron QB 1952–53, 1955–59
72 Dexter Manley DE 1981–89
71 Charles Mann DE 1983–93
58 Wilber Marshall LB 1988–92
73 Mark May T 1981–89
79 Ron McDole DE 1971–78
63 Raleigh McKenzie G 1985–94
53 Harold McLinton LB 1969–78
40 Wayne Millner E 1936–41, 1945
49 Bobby Mitchell FL 1962–68
30 Brian Mitchell RB 1990–99
81 Art Monk WR 1980–93
3 Mark Moseley K 1974–86
29 Mark Murphy S 1977–84
21 Mike Nelms KR 1980–84
52 Neal Olkewicz LB 1979–89
23 Brig Owens LB 1966–77
65 Vince Promuto G 1960–70
44 John Riggins RB 1976–79, 1981–85
11 Mark Rypien QB 1987–93
83 Ricky Sanders WR 1986–93
76 Ed Simmons T 1987–93
87 Jerry Smith TE 1965–77
60 Dick Stanfel G 1956–58
74 George Starke T 1973–84
72 Diron Talbert DT 1971–80
84 Hugh (Bones) Taylor E 1947–54
42 Charley Taylor WR 1964–77
7 Joe Theismann QB 1974–85
67 Rusty Tillman LB 1970–77
85 Don Warren TE 1979–92
25 Joe Washington RB 1981–84
17 Doug Williams QB 1986–89

Coaches

George Allen Head Coach 1971–77
Ray Flaherty Head Coach 1936–42
Joe Gibbs Head Coach 1981–92

Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1969

Turk Edwards Greasy Neale Leo Nomellini Joe Perry Ernie Stautner

Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Quarterbacks

Pre-modern era	Baugh Clark Conzelman Driscoll Friedman Herber Luckman A. Parker

Modern era	Aikman Blanda Bradshaw L. Dawson Elway Favre Fouts Graham Griese Jurgensen J. Kelly Layne Marino Montana Moon Namath Stabler Starr Staubach Tarkenton Tittle Unitas Van Brocklin Waterfield Young

Running backs

Pre-modern era	Battles Canadeo Dudley Grange Guyon Hinkle Lambeau Leemans McAfee McNally Nagurski Nevers Pollard Strong Thorpe Van Buren

Modern era	M. Allen Bettis J. Brown Campbell Csonka Dickerson Dorsett Faulk Gifford Harris Hornung J. H. Johnson L. Kelly F. Little Martin Matson McElhenny Moore Motley Payton Perry Riggins B. Sanders Sayers Simpson E. Smith J. Taylor T. Thomas Trippi Walker

Wide receivers /
ends

Pre-modern era	Badgro Chamberlin Flaherty Halas Hewitt Hutson Millner

Modern era	Alworth Berry Biletnikoff T. Brown Carter Fears Harrison Hayes Hirsch Irvin Joiner Largent Lavelli Lofton Maynard McDonald Mitchell Monk Pihos Reed Rice Stallworth Swann C. Taylor Warfield

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Pre-modern era
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