b. Freshfields, Merseyside 24 September 1892
d. South Shore, Blackpool 24 July 1932
 

Debut  21 September 1914 (21y 362d) Final Game 17 April 1915
CAREER: Blackpool GS;Rossall School;Jesus College Cambridge;Blackburn Rovers Mar'14.
 

FL        9 apps
Penalty record  F 1 Sc 1
Minutes per goal  48
Longest unbeaten 104m First conceded 51m
Most goals one game  3
 

His father the Reverend Henry Borth Edge was a noted cricketer with Blackpool and his sons all played for the club. After living in Freshfields the family moved to Cleveleys and then to the salubrious location of Newton Hall in Hardhorn Newton near Poulton. Arthur, who played cricket for the Old Rossalians, was not as good as his brother Frank at the summer sport but was a gifted goalkeeper who gained two blues at Cambridge. He joined the Rovers as an amateur and was thrust into the limelight because the reserve goalkeeper Crabtree was on of the first to leave for the war. When Robinson was injured Edge was the only choice for the first team and he had a curious debut when Bob Crompton insisted in playing just in front of him as an extra line of defence. Coming through his ordeal he received the great man's approval and was allowed to play under more normal circumstances thereafter. A captain in the Second West Lancs RFA he was mentioned in despatches and saw action in France and Italy  with the West Lancashire RFA. During the key drive on Cambrai it was noted that Edge had a heart problem and he was advised not to resume playing football. He worked in the cotton trade in Manchester, running his own business, but his health worsened and he died young. He left a net estate exceeding £7.000.