Joseph H. Edwards

Edwards was born May 3, 1873, in Boston. He attended high school at Middleborough, Massachusetts, where he was a two-year captain of the football team, graduating in 1895. For his undergraduate career, he attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1899. He was a member of the Casque and Gauntlet secret society and Sigma Chi social fraternity.

As a collegiate athlete, he played football for Dartmouth as a Tackle, from 1895 to 1897. In 1898, Edwards served in the Spanish–American War with the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.^[1] He coached the Case School of Applied Science from 1899 to 1900, achieving a record of 3–8–4.^[2] Edwards died of apoplexy in 1911 at the age of 38.^[3]