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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|9|6|1864|11|11}}
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| death_place = [[Lexington, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Lexington, Kentucky]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] (1886)
| player_years1 = 1885
| player_years1 = 1885
| player_team1 = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| player_team1 = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
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| player_team3 = [[Chicago Athletic Association]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]], [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]], [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]
| coach_years1 = 1891
| coach_years1 = 1890–1891
| coach_team1 = [[Butler Bulldogs football|Butler]]
| coach_team1 = [[Butler Bulldogs football|Butler]]
| coach_years2 = 1892
| coach_years2 = 1892
| coach_team2 = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
| coach_team2 = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
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| overall_record = 11–6–1
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'''William Randall Crawford''' (November 11, 1864 – September 6, 1933) was an [[American football]] player and coach, lawyer, and railroad executive. He played [[college football]] at [[Yale University]] and served as the head football coach at [[Butler University]] in 1891 and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]—in 1892.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=[untitled] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier/158394541/ |newspaper=[[Journal & Courier|The Lafayette Daily Courier]] |location=[[Lafayette, Indiana]] |date=October 22, 1891 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Football Gossip |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lafayette-weekly-courier/158394510/ |newspaper=[[Journal & Courier|Lafayette Weekly Courier]] |location=[[Lafayette, Indiana]] |date=November 24, 1891 |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Wasn't In It With Purdue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-journal/158380435/ |newspaper=[[Indianapolis Journal]] |location=[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] |date=October 20, 1892 |page=1 |access-date=November 3, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
'''William Randall Crawford''' (November 11, 1864 – September 6, 1933) was an [[American football]] player and coach, lawyer, and railroad executive. He played [[college football]] at [[Yale University]] and served as the head football coach at [[Butler University]] from 1890 to 1891 and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]—in 1892.


==Early life and college career==
==Early life and college career==
Crawford was born on November 11, 1864, in [[New Albany, Indiana]]. He was the son of Henry Crawford, a prominent lawyer in [[Chicago]] and an officer of the [[Wabash Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Moore |editor-first=Frederick W. |url=https://archive.org/details/yale86classbook00yale/page/29/mode/1up |title=The Yale '86 Class Book |publisher=Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Book And Job Printers |location=[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |date=June 1886 |page=20 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Internet Archive]] }}</ref><ref name=lexingtonobituary>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=W. R. Crawford Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/158382470/ |newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader|The Lexington Herald]] |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |date=September 7, 1933 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Crawford played football at Yale University as a [[quarterback]] and [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]], lettering on the [[1885 Yale Bulldogs football team]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Yale Football Letterwinners |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=359 |publisher=[[Yale University]] |page=12 |access-date=November 4, 2024 }}</ref> He was the lightest player in the history of the [[Yale Bulldogs football]] program.<ref name=lexingtonobituary/> On November 17, 1885, he was injured during a practice when he collided with a member of the freshman team named Bishop.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A Football Player injured |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/158429834/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 18, 1885 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Crawford graduated from Yale in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Yale Commencement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier/158433906/ |newspaper=[[New Haven Register|The Journal and Courier]] |location=[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |date=July 1, 1886 |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
Crawford was born on November 11, 1864, in [[New Albany, Indiana]]. He was the son of Henry Crawford, a prominent lawyer in [[Chicago]] and an officer of the [[Wabash Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Moore |editor-first=Frederick W. |url=https://archive.org/details/yale86classbook00yale/page/29/mode/1up |title=The Yale '86 Class Book |publisher=Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Book And Job Printers |location=[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |date=June 1886 |page=20 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Internet Archive]] }}</ref><ref name=lexingtonobituary>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=W. R. Crawford Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/158382470/ |newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader|The Lexington Herald]] |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |date=September 7, 1933 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Crawford played football at Yale University as a [[quarterback]] and [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]], lettering on the [[1885 Yale Bulldogs football team]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Yale Football Letterwinners |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=359 |publisher=[[Yale University]] |page=12 |access-date=November 4, 2024 }}</ref> He was the lightest player in the history of the [[Yale Bulldogs football]] program.<ref name=lexingtonobituary/> On November 17, 1885, he was injured during a practice when he collided with a member of the freshman team named Bishop.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A Football Player injured |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/158429834/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[Manhattan|New York, New York]] |date=November 18, 1885 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Crawford graduated from Yale in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Yale Commencement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier/158433906/ |newspaper=[[New Haven Register|The Journal and Courier]] |location=[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |date=July 1, 1886 |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


==Legal career==
==Football in Chicago and coaching career==
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In 1890, Crawford played for the Chicago All-University team alongside [[Knowlton Ames]], who had played at [[Princeton University]], and Frank G. Peters, afellow Yale alumnus who was captain of the 1885 Yale team.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Three Prize Winners |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/minneapolis-daily-times/158437103/ |newspaper=[[Minnesota Star Tribune|Minneapolis Daily Times]] |location=[[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |date=December 16, 1890 |page=5 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Crawford scored a touchdown in a 12–8 loss to [[1890 Cornell Big Red football team|Cornell]] on Thanksgiving Day.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cornell Wins The Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/158435020/ |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune|The Chicago Daily Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=November 28, 1890 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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After graduating from [[Harvard Law School]], Crawford moved to [[Kentland, Indiana]], where was an a lawyer for a large railway. He then joined his father's law firm in Chicago. Several years later, he went to [[Seattle]], where he practiced law and purchased the Seattle, Renton and Southern electric line, a railroad that ran from Seattle to [[Renton, Washington]].<ref name=lexingtonobituary/>


In 1890, Crawford coached the football team at [[Butler University]], leading the team to the [[Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] title.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=College Victory Celebrated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news/158438023/ |newspaper=[[Indianapolis News]] |location=[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] |date=December 13, 1890 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Debris 1891 |year=1891 |publisher=[[Purdue University]] |page=154 |url=https://archive.org/stream/debris1891purd#page/n154/mode/1up |access-date=November 2, 2011 |via=[[Internet Archive]] }}</ref> He succeeded [[Clinton L. Hare]], who had left Butler to coach at [[Purdue University]] in 1890. Crawford was determined to "get back" at Hare, with whom he had a personal rivalry dating back to a political fight at Yale.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Monday's Great Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier/158437963/ |newspaper=[[Journal & Courier|The Lafayette Daily Courier]] |location=[[Lafayette, Indiana]] |date=November 7, 1891 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> He returned to coach at Butler in 1891.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=[untitled] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier/158394541/ |newspaper=[[Journal & Courier|The Lafayette Daily Courier]] |location=[[Lafayette, Indiana]] |date=October 22, 1891 |page=1 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Football Gossip |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lafayette-weekly-courier/158394510/ |newspaper=[[Journal & Courier|Lafayette Weekly Courier]] |location=[[Lafayette, Indiana]] |date=November 24, 1891 |page=4 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> In 1892, Crawford coached the football team at the University of Wisconsin—now known as the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Wasn't In It With Purdue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-journal/158380435/ |newspaper=[[Indianapolis Journal]] |location=[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]] |date=October 20, 1892 |page=1 |access-date=November 3, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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==Family, later life, and death==
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In December 1896, Crawford was engaged to Katherine Louise Wardner.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Engagements Announced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-chronicle/158432694/ |newspaper=The Chicago Chronicle |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=December 9, 1896 |page=5 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> The couple were married on February 23, 1897, in [[Milwaukee]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Engagements Announced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-chronicle/158432694/ |newspaper=[[Chicago Inter Ocean|The Daily Inter Ocean]] |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=February 23, 1897 |page=8 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


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==Legal career, family, later life, and death==
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Crawford spent the last two years of his life as a resident of [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He died in Lexington, on September 6, 1933, in an ambulence headed to St. Joseph's Hospital after he had suffered a heart attack.<ref name=lexingtonobituary/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Crawford Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-obituary-for-william-r/158430708/ |newspaper=[[The Seattle Star]] |location=[[Seattle, Washington]] |date=September 16, 1933 |page=3 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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After graduating from [[Harvard Law School]], Crawford moved to [[Kentland, Indiana]], where he was a lawyer for a large railway. He then joined his father's law firm in Chicago. Several years later, he went to [[Seattle]], where he practiced law and purchased the Seattle, Renton and Southern electric line, a railroad that ran from Seattle to [[Renton, Washington]].<ref name=lexingtonobituary/>

In December 1896, Crawford was engaged to Katherine Louise Wardner.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Engagements Announced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-chronicle/158432694/ |newspaper=The Chicago Chronicle |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=December 9, 1896 |page=5 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> The couple were married on February 23, 1897, in [[Milwaukee]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Some Minor Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-inter-ocean/158432618/ |newspaper=[[Chicago Inter Ocean|The Daily Inter Ocean]] |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=February 23, 1897 |page=8 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

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Crawford spent the last two years of his life as a resident of [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He died in Lexington, on September 6, 1933, in an ambulence headed to St. Joseph's Hospital after he had suffered a heart attack.<ref name=lexingtonobituary/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Crawford Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-obituary-for-william-r/158430708/ |newspaper=[[The Seattle Star]] |location=[[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] |date=September 16, 1933 |page=3 |access-date=November 4, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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| name = [[Butler Bulldogs football|Butler Christians]]
| conf = [[Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
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| year = [[1892 college football season|1892]]
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| name = [[1892 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 23 December 2024

Billy Crawford
Biographical details
Born(1864-11-11)November 11, 1864
New Albany, Indiana, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1933(1933-09-06) (aged 68)
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma materYale University (1886)
Playing career
1885Yale
1890–1891University Club of Chicago
1892Chicago Athletic Association
Position(s)Quarterback, halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1890–1891Butler
1892Wisconsin
Head coaching record
Overall11–6–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1890)

William Randall Crawford (November 11, 1864 – September 6, 1933) was an American football player and coach, lawyer, and railroad executive. He played college football at Yale University and served as the head football coach at Butler University from 1890 to 1891 and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Madison—in 1892.

Early life and college career

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Crawford was born on November 11, 1864, in New Albany, Indiana. He was the son of Henry Crawford, a prominent lawyer in Chicago and an officer of the Wabash Railroad.[1][2] Crawford played football at Yale University as a quarterback and halfback, lettering on the 1885 Yale Bulldogs football team.[3] He was the lightest player in the history of the Yale Bulldogs football program.[2] On November 17, 1885, he was injured during a practice when he collided with a member of the freshman team named Bishop.[4] Crawford graduated from Yale in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[5]

Football in Chicago and coaching career

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In 1890, Crawford played for the Chicago All-University team alongside Knowlton Ames, who had played at Princeton University, and Frank G. Peters, afellow Yale alumnus who was captain of the 1885 Yale team.[6] Crawford scored a touchdown in a 12–8 loss to Cornell on Thanksgiving Day.[7]

In 1890, Crawford coached the football team at Butler University, leading the team to the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association title.[8][9] He succeeded Clinton L. Hare, who had left Butler to coach at Purdue University in 1890. Crawford was determined to "get back" at Hare, with whom he had a personal rivalry dating back to a political fight at Yale.[10] He returned to coach at Butler in 1891.[11][12] In 1892, Crawford coached the football team at the University of Wisconsin—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[13]

[edit]

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Crawford moved to Kentland, Indiana, where he was a lawyer for a large railway. He then joined his father's law firm in Chicago. Several years later, he went to Seattle, where he practiced law and purchased the Seattle, Renton and Southern electric line, a railroad that ran from Seattle to Renton, Washington.[2]

In December 1896, Crawford was engaged to Katherine Louise Wardner.[14] The couple were married on February 23, 1897, in Milwaukee.[15]

Crawford spent the last two years of his life as a resident of Lexington, Kentucky. He died in Lexington, on September 6, 1933, in an ambulence headed to St. Joseph's Hospital after he had suffered a heart attack.[2][16]

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Butler Christians (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1890–1891)
1890[n 1] Butler 3–0–1 3–0–1 1st
1891 Butler 4–3 3–2 2nd
Butler: 7–3–1 6–2–1
Wisconsin Badgers (Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest) (1892)
1892[n 2] Wisconsin 4–3 2–2 2nd
Wisconsin: 4–3 2–2
Total: 11–6–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

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  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Butler records indicate that "Clint Howe", an apparent misspelling of Clinton L. Hare, was Butler's coach in 1890, but contemporary coverage shows that Billy Crawford coached Butler in 1890, while Hare coached at Purdue University.[17][18]
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Wisconsin records indicate that Frank Crawford was Wisconsin's coach in 1892, but contemporary coverage shows that Billy Crawford coached Wisconsin in 1892, while Frank coached at Baker University.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Frederick W., ed. (June 1886). The Yale '86 Class Book. New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Book And Job Printers. p. 20. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d "W. R. Crawford Dies Suddenly". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. September 7, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Yale Football Letterwinners". Yale University. p. 12. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "A Football Player injured". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 18, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Yale Commencement". The Journal and Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. July 1, 1886. p. 4. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Three Prize Winners". Minneapolis Daily Times. Minneapolis, Minnesota. December 16, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Cornell Wins The Game". The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 28, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "College Victory Celebrated". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 13, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Debris 1891. Purdue University. 1891. p. 154. Retrieved November 2, 2011 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ "Monday's Great Game". The Lafayette Daily Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 7, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "[untitled]". The Lafayette Daily Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. October 22, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Football Gossip". Lafayette Weekly Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 24, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Wasn't In It With Purdue". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. October 20, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Engagements Announced". The Chicago Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. December 9, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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  16. ^ "Crawford Dies". The Seattle Star. Seattle, Washington. September 16, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Clint Howe". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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  20. ^ "All-Time Results". Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
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