Edmund Crawford

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Edmond Crawford
Personal information
Date of birth(1906-10-31)31 October 1906
Place of birth Filey, England
Date of death 13 December 1977(1977-12-13) (aged 71)
Place of death London, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

Contents

Playing career

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

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]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leyton Orient F.C.</span> Association football club in London, England

Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, Greater London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filey</span> Seaside town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Filey is a seaside town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishing village, it has a large beach and became a popular tourist resort. According to the 2011 UK census, Filey parish had a population of 6,981, in comparison to the 2001 UK census population figure of 6,819, and a population of 6,870 in 1991.

Bryan Hughes is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Hackworth</span> English footballer (born 1980)

Anthony Hackworth is an English footballer, an attacking midfielder, who is currently Manager at Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division club Pickering Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Morris (footballer, born 1897)</span> English footballer and manager

David Hyman Morris, known as Harry Morris or Abe Morris, was an English professional football, best remembered for his seven-year spell as a forward in the Football League with Swindon Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Coulson (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1988)

Michael James Coulson is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Northern Premier League Division One East club Bridlington Town. He has played in the Football League for Barnsley, Grimsby Town and York City and in the Scottish Premiership for St Johnstone.

Scott McGleish is an Scottish footballer who plays for Leverstock Green in addition to serving as an assistant manager. In a career spanning 29 years across four decades, McGleish has made over 900 league appearances. He is the only outfield player in English football to have ever passed 1,100 games in competitive matches.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Webb (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1983)

Daniel John Webb is an English former footballer who played as a defender and is employed as Assistant Manager at Chesterfield, having initially been appointed as First Team Coach. He previously served as Leyton Orient first-team manager in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stan Earle</span> English footballer and manager

Stanley George James Earle was an English footballer who played as an inside-right in the Football League for Arsenal, West Ham United and Clapton Orient. He was capped for England at amateur and full levels.

Edward Cashfield Harper was an English footballer, who played at centre-forward scoring a then record high of 43 league goals in a season in 1925–26 for Blackburn Rovers. He also holds the record for Preston North End scoring 37 goals in Division Two in the 1932–33 season.

Albert Arthur Pape was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. Born in Elsecar, West Riding of Yorkshire, he played for several clubs in The Football League, including Notts County, Clapton Orient and Manchester United.

John Ernest Townrow was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-half for Clapton Orient, Chelsea and Bristol Rovers in the Football League and for the England national football team.

Andrew Thompson was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Chester, Norwich City, Clapton Orient, Ashford Town (Kent) and Northfleet.

For other people of the same name see Billy Lane and Billy Lane (angler)

James Chadwick Townley was an English professional footballer who played SC Victoria Hamburg, FC St. Gallen, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion and Clapton Orient.

Jack Fowler was a Welsh professional footballer, who played as a centre forward for Plymouth Argyle, Swansea Town and Clapton Orient as well as making six appearances for his country.

Frank Allen was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward and later as a wing half. Originally a coal miner by trade, he became a full-time footballer at the age of 24 and went on to play professionally for the next 11 years. He played for six different teams in the Football League, making over 230 league appearances in total.

Albert Robert Allen was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Clapton Orient, Fulham, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town and Colchester United. The majority of his success as a player came at Colchester United, where he won the Southern League Cup and finished as runner-up in the league the same year, helping the club gain entry to the Football League.

Afolabi Adedoyin Olamilekan Oluwatimilehin Obafemi is an English professional footballer who last played as a forward for Barking, having previously played in the Football League with Leyton Orient and Dagenham & Redbridge.

Allan Codling was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Darlington. An outside left, he was on the books of Bolton Wanderers and Hartlepools United without playing for either in the league, and also played non-league football for Whitby United, Scarborough, Gresley Rovers and Folkestone.

References

  1. ↑ "Clapton Orient. Not much money: but useful side". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2009.[ dead link ]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.