Edmund Crawford

Edmond Crawford
Personal information
Date of birth	31 October 1906
Place of birth	Filey, England
Date of death	13 December 1977 (aged 71)
Place of death	London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Scarborough
	Scarborough Penguins
1922–1923	Filey Town
1929–1931	Filey Town
1931–1932	Halifax Town
1932–1933	Liverpool
1933–1945	Clapton Orient
Managerial career
	Degerfors IF
1950–1951	Bologna
	Livorno
1953–1954	AEK Athens
1956–1957	Barnet
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an English footballer 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 Scarborough 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 where he scored 4 goals in 8 matches.^[2] In 1933, he joined Clapton Orient, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.^[3]

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, and also later assisted at Crewe Alexandra.^[3]

References

^ "Clapton Orient. Not much money: but useful side". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2009.