Maurice Edelston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maurice Edelston | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 January 1976 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Tilehurst, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1937 | Fulham | 3 | (0) |
| Wimbledon | |||
| 1937–1938 | Brentford | 21 | (6) |
| Corinthian | |||
| 1939–1952 | Reading | 205 | (72) |
| 1952–1953 | Northampton Town | 40 | (17) |
| National team | |||
| 1936 | Great Britain | 2 | (0) |
| 1937–1947 | England Amateurs | 8 | (7) |
| 1941–1942 | England (wartime) | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Maurice Edelston (27 April 1918 – 30 January 1976) was a British footballer, who later became a sports commentator. Born in Hull, England, he was son of the Hull City footballer Joe Edelston. At the age of 18, he played in the football tournament in the 1936 Berlin Olympics for Great Britain.
Edelston played league football with Fulham and Brentford (following his father, Joe Edelston, then a coach, to both clubs), non-league football with Wimbledon and Corinthian and in April 1939 he joined Reading (where his father was manager) and played for them successfully as an inside forward until 1952. At international level, he represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics, scored seven goals in eight games for England Amateurs and won five wartime caps for England. He finished his playing career at Northampton Town in 1953.
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