{{short description|Welsh footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Edgar Powell | image = | fullname = Edgar Powell<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_date = 6 January 1899<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_place = Cardiff, Wales<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = 1955 (aged 56)<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | position = Forward | years1 = | clubs1 = Barry Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Denaby United | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1923–1924 | clubs3 = Huddersfield Town | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1924–1925 | clubs4 = Stoke | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1925–1926 | clubs5 = Accrington Stanley | caps5 = 65 | goals5 = 17 | years6 = 1927–1928 | clubs6 = Merthyr Town | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 1928–1929 | clubs7 = Barrow | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 91 | totalgoals = 21 }}
'''Edgar Powell''' (6 January 1899 – 1955) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Barrow, Merthyr Town and Stoke.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>
==Career== Powell was born in Cardiff and played for Barry Town and Denaby United before joining Huddersfield Town.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He left Huddersfield having never made an appearance and played twice for Stoke in 1924–25.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He enjoyed a better time at Accrington Stanley scoring 17 league goals in 65 matches. Powell then had short spells with Merthyr Town and Barrow.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
==Career statistics== Source:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Stoke |1924–25 |Second Division |2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |rowspan="2"|Accrington Stanley |1925–26 |Third Division North |41||11||3||1||44||12 |- |1926–27 |Third Division North |24||6||3||1||27||7 |- |Merthyr Town |1927–28 |Third Division South |23||4||1||0||24||4 |- |Barrow |1928–29 |Third Division North |1||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !91!!21!!7!!2!!98!!23 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Edgar}} Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Category:Denaby United F.C. players Category:Barrow A.F.C. players Category:Merthyr Town F.C. players Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:1899 births Category:1955 deaths Category:Men's association football forwards