Edmund Crawford

Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an English footballer and football manager.

For the Scottish landscape and marine painter, see Edmund Thornton Crawford.

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
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

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.[1] In 1933, he joined Clapton Orient, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.[2]

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.[2]

References
  1. "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  2. "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.