A pacy winger, Edmunds trained as a teacher in Sunderland and was called into Great Britain's 1979 World Student Games squad.
Edmunds made his debut against Sunderland at Roker Park, then scored in his first home game against Shrewsbury Town.
While playing for Leicester Edmunds broke his wrist in a challenge from Joey Jones and was released in 1981 after suffering further injuries.
In 1983 Edmunds began working at a school alongside Sheila Stocks, the founder and captain of Doncaster Belles.
[1] At the time Doncaster Belles were the pre-eminent women's football team in England, who reached 11 FA Cup finals out of twelve from 1983 to 1994.