Ian Crawford (14 July 1934 – 30 November 2007) was a Scottish
football
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player and coach, who most prominently played for Heart of Midlothian in the late 1950s. He scored two goals as Hearts won the
1956 Scottish Cup Final
The 1956 Scottish Cup Final in association football was played on 21 April 1956 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 71st staging of the Scottish Cup. Heart of Midlothian F.C., Hearts and Celtic F.C., Celtic contested the match. T ...
, the club's first
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,
Crawford started his senior career with Hearts'
Edinburgh derby
The Edinburgh derby is an informal title given to any football match played between Scottish clubs Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibs), the two oldest professional clubs based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two clubs have a fierce r ...
rivals Hibernian, but did not make a league appearance for the
Easter Road
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of , which makes it the fifth-larges ...
club, who enjoyed the services of the Famous Five at the time. After a spell with
Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...
, Crawford joined Hearts in August 1954. He scored 58 goals in 127 league appearances as Hearts won two league championships and the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
for £10,000 in July 1961, where he played alongside
Bobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England natio ...
under the management of
Ron Greenwood
Ronald Greenwood CBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for 13 ...
. Crawford later said that it was Greenwood's encouragement that led him to go into coaching, and he served both Everton and
Arsenal
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in that capacity. He also played for both
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
and
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
before retiring as a player.
Crawford never played for
Scotland
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at full international level, but did win one cap at under-23 level, scoring against England.