Edwards, Tudor
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Tudor Edwards played three times for Exeter City in 1928 having joined from Aberdare Athletic for whom he had appeared in the Football League.
Tudor played 15 times and scored twice for Aberdare Athletic, his local team, in the 1926/27 campaign which proved to be the club’s last season in the Football League before losing its place to Torquay United.
Remaining with what became Aberdare and Aberaman Athletic in the Southern League, he was to sign for Exeter City in the second half of the subsequent season and made an immediate debut against Brentford at St James’ Park on 18 February 1928. Playing in the next two games against Luton Town and Watford, Tudor only ever finished on the losing side for City and never appeared in the first-team again before returning to South Wales.
Known also as a tennis player, Tudor became an insurance salesman in the Aberdare area, served with the Royal Artillery in the Second World War and later moved to Weymouth where he died in 1960.
(Additional information from Andy Gyll, Tudor's grandson)
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Andy Gyll
Tudor Edwards was my grandfather. The family history got a bit garbled and for years we were under the impression that he had signed for Cardiff after Aberdare Ath folded. Turns out it was Exeter! There is a bit of human interest to the story that explains why his career with the Grecians never went anywhere. After signing he was understandably asked to move to Exeter permanently but my Grandmother refused point blank to even consider leaving Aberdare. His football career ended and he became an insurance salesman before serving in WWII with the Royal Artillery. The family eventually settled in Weymouth, my grandmother having evidently changed her mind about moving! Tudor was also an excellent tennis player, one of the best in Wales at the time, and played against Fred Perry on at least one occasion.