Dave Edwards (linebacker)
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 14, 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Columbia, Alabama | ||||||||||||
| Date of death: | December 6, 2016 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death: | Laguna Park, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Abbeville (AL) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Auburn | ||||||||||||
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1962 / Round: 25 / Pick: 194 (By the Denver Broncos) |
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| Interceptions: | 13 |
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| Interception yards: | 66 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 17 |
| Games started: | 163 |
| Games played: | 181 |
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David Monroe Edwards (December 14, 1939 – December 6, 2016) was an American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Auburn University.
Edwards attended Abbeville High School, where he played football and basketball. He accepted a football scholarship from Auburn University. He was a two-way player who was used as an offensive end and defensive end. As a senior, he was named to the All-SEC team.
He played in the 1962 Senior Bowl, where Tom Landry coached the opposing team (North). In 1987, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Edwards was selected by the Denver Broncos in the 25th round (194th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft, but chose to sign with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys as a free agent in 1963. He started out as an offensive end in the taxi squad and was later converted to outside linebacker, after he grew from 205 to 230 lbs.
He started in 1963, when Chuck Howley was moved from strongside linebacker to weakside linebacker, because Edwards had more upper-body strength for the position. During an era of ironman football and combined with legends Chuck Howley and Lee Roy Jordan, they formed one of the most fearsome corps of linebackers in NFL history as part of the 'Doomsday Defense'.
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