Robert Edwards (born 23 February 1970) is a former professional footballer, who started out as a forward and changed to a defender or midfielder.
He played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Huddersfield Town and Chesterfield before retiring and starting his own joiner business in 2006.
Edwards came through the youth system at Crewe Alexandra, making his first team debut, aged 17, when coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Newport County in a Fourth Division game at Gresty Road on 13 February 1988.
[3] In the opening fixture of the following season on 17 August 1991, Edwards scored a hat-trick as Crewe won 7-4 at Barnet in the London club's first Football League match.
He scored another hat-trick in his penultimate Crewe appearance, a 3-2 victory at local rivals Wrexham on 2 March 1996.