Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an
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footballer
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and football manager.
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
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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
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where he scored 4 goals in 8 matches.
In 1933, he joined
Clapton Orient
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, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.
Coaching career
After the
World War II
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, he started his coaching career in Sweden with
Degerfors IF
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Background
Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939 maki ...
. He then went to Italy, at
Bologna
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, as
George Raynor
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told him there was a job. He then went to
Livorno
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,
AEK Athens and
Barnet
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, and also later assisted at Crewe Alexandra.
References
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1906 births
People from Filey
English men's footballers
Men's 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 FC 1909 managers
US Livorno 1915 managers
AEK Athens F.C. managers
Barnet F.C. managers
1977 deaths
Footballers from North Yorkshire
Scarborough F.C. players
English expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Sweden
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Expatriate football managers in Italy
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English expatriate sportspeople in Greece