Col Crawford

Col Crawford
Personal information
Full name Colin Frederick Crawford
Born (1913-05-14)14 May 1913
Brunswick, Victoria
Died 29 December 2007(2007-12-29) (aged 94)
Original team Essendon Juniors
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–35 Essendon 20 (6)
1936 Fitzroy 1 (0)
Total 21 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Frederick Crawford (14 May 1913 – 29 December 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Crawford was a rover and wingman, recruited from Essendon Juniors.

He made eight appearances for Essendon in the 1934 VFL season, then in 1935 played 12 league games and represented Victoria against Bendigo.

Crawford got a clearance to Fitzroy in 1936 and debuted for the club in the opening round against Carlton. Crawford, who also kept wicket for the Fitzroy Cricket Club, didn't appear again at VFL level and was granted a clearance to Brunswick mid-season.

A member of Brunswick's 1938 premiership team, Crawford was appointed captain-coach for the 1941 VFA season. Brunswick would fall one win short of making the finals.

References

  1. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Col Crawford – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ↑ "Past Player Profiles – C". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Col Crawford – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Football teams to go visiting match for a clock". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 July 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 22 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Football League Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 March 1936. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Injured footballers recover". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 June 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 22 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. 1 2 Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books.
  10. ↑ "Football C. Crawford to coach Brunswick". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 February 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 22 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.