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==Outside football== Edwards was [[Teetotalism|teetotal]], and outside football he was known as a very private individual, whose interests included fishing, playing cards and visiting the cinema.<ref name="MN"/><ref name="book38">McCartney, p. 38.</ref><ref name="book61">McCartney, p. 61.</ref> Although he attended dances with his teammates he was never confident in social surroundings.<ref name="book39">McCartney, p. 39.</ref> He was described by [[Jimmy Murphy (footballer)|Jimmy Murphy]] as an "unspoilt boy" and retained a strong [[Black Country]] accent which his teammates would impersonate.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3285463.ece|title=Tragedy of the golden boy whose talent knew no bounds|work=The Times|first=Matt |last=Dickinson|access-date=13 February 2008|date=1 February 2008 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201060527/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3285463.ece|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> He was once stopped by the police for riding his bicycle without lights and fined five [[shilling]]s by the authorities and two weeks' wages by his club.<ref name="bike">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/dietmar-hamann-urges-man-city-722678|title=Dietmar Hamann urges Man City fans to behave for minute's silence|work=Daily Mirror|first=Simon|last=Mullock|access-date=14 February 2008|date=10 February 2008}}</ref> At the time of his death Edwards was living in lodgings in Gorse Avenue, [[Stretford]].<ref name="digs">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/graham-kelly-rooneys-rise-mirrored-in-simpler-days-of-edwards-593622.html|title=Graham Kelly: Rooney's rise mirrored in simpler days of Edwards|work=The Independent|first=Graham |last=Kelly|access-date=22 February 2008|date=7 April 2003}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was engaged to be married to Molly Leech, who was 22 years old and worked in the offices of a textile machine manufacturer in [[Altrincham]]. The couple met at a function at a hotel at [[Manchester Airport]], dated for a year before becoming engaged, and were godparents to the daughter of Leech's friend Josephine Stott.<ref name="MN">{{cite news|url=http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/1985768.Remembering_a_legend_/|title=Remembering a legend|work=Messenger Newspapers|first=Simon |last=Greenhalgh|access-date=13 February 2008|date=22 January 2008}}</ref> Edwards appeared in advertisements for Dextrosol [[glucose]] tablets and had written a book entitled ''Tackle Soccer This Way'', commercial endeavours which supplemented his wage of Β£15 per week during the season and Β£12 per week during the summer.<ref name="Times"/> The book was published shortly after his death with the approval of his family and, after being out of print for many years,<ref name="SMN">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/02/03/busby-babe-duncan-edwards-exclusive-98487-20308570/ |title=Busby Babe Duncan Edwards exclusive |work=Sunday Mirror |first=Rory |last=Smith |access-date=13 February 2008 |date=3 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206090755/http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/02/03/busby-babe-duncan-edwards-exclusive-98487-20308570/ |archive-date=6 February 2008 }}</ref> was re-published in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tstw.co.uk|title=Tackle Soccer This Way|publisher=Kelmscott Press|access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref>
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