Nathaniel Edwards (March 4, 1892 – ?) was an American

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in the 1910s. A native of

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, Edwards made his

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debut in 1913 with the

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. He went on to play for the

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in 1916, and for the

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and the Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York in 1918.

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