Edmund Crawford
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Edmund "Ted" Crawford (31 October 1906 - Unknown) was an English footballer and football manager.
Playing career
Crawford started his career as an amateur, playing for played for Scarborough Town, Scarborough Penguins and Filey Town. His first professional contract would be at Halifax Town. 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, the only English club who employed him.[2]
References
- ^ "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ a b "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 2003-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
Categories:
- 1906 births
- People from Filey
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Watford F.C. wartime guest players
- English football managers
- Bologna F.C. 1909 managers
- A.S. Livorno Calcio managers
- AEK Athens F.C. managers
- Barnet F.C. managers