BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " EARL EDWARDS " IS A FORMER AMERICAN FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE TACKLE : HE PLAYED FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 49'ers GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                                            BLACK                SOCIAL            HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Earl Edwards (born March 17, 1946 in Statesboro, Georgia) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played College football at , and then for

Wichita State University

He helped the San Francisco 49ers win the NFC Western Division from 1970-1972.

Played 11 seasons in the National Football League as a defensive lineman for San Francisco, Buffalo, Cleveland and Green Bay between 1969 and 1979. He was runner-up for NFL Rookie of the Year in 1969 behind Joe Greene. He's a member of the Tampa Sports Hall of Fame, one of 52 local stars chosen by the Tampa Bay Sports Club.

Married to Janice. Has 3 sons Reggie, Gavin (who played college basketball for the Connecticut Huskies^[1] and Damien who is a fifth year senior on the University of South Florida football team.^[2]

Is now a substitute teacher in Arizona.