Byrd D. Crudup (September 15, 1897 – March 12, 1960) was an
American football and
basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the North Carolina College for Negroes—now known as
North Carolina Central University in
Durham, North Carolina
Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carol ...
—from 1929 to 1931,
Dillard University in
New Orleans, Louisiana from 1935 to 1940, and at
Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte, North Carolina from 1946 to 1948. Crudup was also head basketball coach at North Carolina Central for one season, in 1927–28.
Early life, playing career, and education
Crudup was born on September 15, 1897, in
Edenton, North Carolina, to Byrd Crudup and Delia Stark Crudup. He graduated from
Rindge Manual Training School in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Crudup played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Lincoln University in
Oxford, Pennsylvania. He was named to the All-
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) team in 1923 and 1924 and was captain of the
1924 Lincoln Lions football team
The 1924 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1924 college football season. In their second year under head coach Ul ...
, which won the CIAA title and a
black college football national championship.
Crudup graduated from Lincoln with an A.B. degree in 1925 and earned Master of Education degree from
Boston University in 1939. He also did additional studies at Boston University and
Harvard University.
Head coaching record
Football
References
1897 births
1960 deaths
American football ends
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Boston University School of Education alumni
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School alumni
Harvard University alumni
People from Chowan County, North Carolina
Players of American football from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
Basketball coaches from Massachusetts
African-American college athletic directors in the United States
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20th-century African-American sportspeople
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