Col Crawford

Col Crawford
Personal information
Full name Colin Frederick Crawford[1]
Date of birth (1913-05-14)14 May 1913
Place of birth Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death 29 December 2007(2007-12-29) (aged 94)
Original team(s) Essendon Juniors
Height/Weight 173 cm / 67 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–35
1936
Total		 Essendon
Fitzroy		 20 (6)
01 (0)
21 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1936 season.

Colin Frederick "Col" Crawford (14 May 1913 – 29 December 2007)[2] 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.[3][4]

He made eight appearances for Essendon in the 1934 VFL season, then in 1935 played 12 league games and represented Victoria against Bendigo.[5][6]

Crawford got a clearance to Fitzroy in 1936 and debuted for the club in the opening round against Carlton.[5] 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.[7][8]

A member of Brunswick's 1938 premiership team, Crawford was appointed captain-coach for the 1941 VFA season.[9][10] Brunswick would fall one win short of making the finals.[9]

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. 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: National Library of Australia). 31 July 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Football League Election.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 14 March 1936. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Injured footballers recover.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 3 June 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  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: National Library of Australia). 3 February 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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