Welshman Edwards,played for Swansea before the second World War and was stationed in the Midlands during the 1939-45 conflict where he played for City before Harry Storer took him to Birmingham City.
Now a Wales International, he signed for Cardiff for £12,000 in December 1948 and played for them until he retired in 1954/55.
in later life, George had two spells as a director of Cardiff City.