Edmund Crawford
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 October 1906 | ||
Place of birth | Filey, England | ||
Date of death | 13 December 1977 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | London, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Scarborough | |||
Scarborough Penguins | |||
1922–1923 | Filey Town | ||
1929–1931 | Filey Town | ||
1931–1932 | Halifax Town | ||
1932–1933 | Liverpool | 8 | (4) |
1933–1945 | Clapton Orient | ||
Managerial career | |||
Degerfors IF | |||
1950–1951 | Bologna | ||
Livorno | |||
1953–1954 | AEK Athens | ||
1956–1957 | Barnet | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an English footballer and football manager.
Playing career
[edit]Crawford started his career as an amateur when joining his two brothers at Filey Town in February 1922. He moved to Scarborough Penguins in 1923, then to Scarborough before returning to Filey Town for two seasons in 1929, where he set a local league record by scoring 141 goals in 73 matches. His first professional contract was at Halifax Town in 1931. He then signed for Liverpool where he scored 4 goals in 8 matches.[2] In 1933, he joined Clapton Orient, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]After the World War II, he started his coaching career in Sweden with Degerfors IF. He then went to Italy, at Bologna, as George Raynor told him there was a job. He then went to Livorno, AEK Athens and Barnet, and also later assisted at Crewe Alexandra.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Clapton Orient. Not much money: but useful side". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2009.[dead link ]
- 1906 births
- People from Filey
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Watford F.C. wartime guest players
- English football managers
- Bologna FC 1909 managers
- US Livorno 1915 managers
- AEK Athens F.C. managers
- Barnet F.C. managers
- 1977 deaths
- Footballers from North Yorkshire
- Scarborough F.C. players
- English expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Sweden
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in Italy
- English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- English expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- English expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- 20th-century English sportsmen