Andrew Eugene Crawford (born October 18, 1990) is an American professional

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player for Maccabi Ramat Gan of the

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. He played college basketball for the

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. He was the 2009–10 Big Ten Freshman of the Year (media) and is a two-time

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as well as a third team 2011–12 All-Big Ten selection. He was a third-team All-Big Ten selection by the media and honorable mention selection by the coaches in

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. Crawford was named the Italian League MVP after leading

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to the Italian League Semifinals in 2019.

Early life

Crawford was born on October 18, 1990, to

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referee Dan Crawford and Claudia, who is of Lithuanian descent. By sixth grade, Crawford had given up all other sports to focus on basketball. He was a starter in high school as a sophomore. As both a junior and a senior, he was the DuPage Valley Conference Player of the Year. Because of his father's multi-decade career as an NBA referee, Crawford has been exposed to basketball at a high level from an early age. He shot around with

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just before he went pro and also counts

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among his early exposures to the game. As a high school basketball player, he was rated as the 40th and 72nd best

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in the national class of 2009 by Scout.com and

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, respectively. He was also an A+ student in high school.

College career

On December 13, 2009, Crawford scored 35 points against North Carolina A&T. On December 14, 2009, Crawford was named

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player of the week. On March 9, 2010, he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the media (

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earned the same honor from the coaches). That season, he was an honorable mention 2009–10 All-Big Ten performer and one of three unanimous All-Freshman selections (along with Richardson and Christian Watford). He concluded the post season with a pair of

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s against

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on March 12 in Northwestern's final game of the

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and against

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on March 17 in Northwestern's only game in the

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. On February 3, 2011, Crawford was selected by

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as among the forty Academic All-District players, making him one of 40 finalists for fifteen 2010–11

selections. On March 11, he posted his third career double-double against

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in the

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. On November 21, 2011, Crawford was named Big Ten player of the week. He scored 34 points on December 22, 2011, against Creighton. On February 23, 2012, Crawford was named to the 2011–12 Academic All-American second team. He was selected as a third-team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media. As a senior, he was a preseason candidate for the 2012–13 men's basketball Senior CLASS Award. On December 14, the team announced that Crawford would have season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. The following year as a

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senior, Crawford began the season as the Big Ten active career scoring leader. On November 9, he opened the 2013–14 season with a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds against Eastern Illinois. On January 29, Crawford posted 30 points and 8 rebounds to lead Northwestern to a 65–56 victory over (#14 AP Poll/#13

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)

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. On January 31, he was again named an Academic All-District by CoSIDA. On February 3, he was named Big Ten Conference Co-Athlete of the week (along with D. J. Newbill). The following day, he was recognized as the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the

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. On February 20, he was named a first-team Academic All-America selection. By the time he celebrated Senior day on March 6, he was the Northwestern all-time leader in games played and games started. Following the regular season, Crawford was a third-team All-Big Ten selection by the media and honorable mention selection by the coaches. Crawford was listed on the

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Division I All‐District 7 second team on March 12. Crawford earned his fourth Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2014.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Crawford joined the

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for the

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. On September 29, 2014, he signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Magic on October 25, 2014. Five days later, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks of the

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as an affiliate player of Orlando. He debuted for the BayHawks with a 22-point, 9-rebound performance against the

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on November 14. In July 2015, Crawford joined the

for the

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. On August 7, 2015, Crawford signed with

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of the

. Crawford signed with

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of the

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on June 2, 2016, but he backed out in order to attempt to pursue the

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. In July 2016, Crawford joined the

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for the

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. On August 11, 2016, he signed with the Raptors, but was waived on October 22 after appearing in seven preseason games. On November 28, he signed with

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of the

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. On August 7, 2017, Crawford returned to Israel for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with

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. On November 18, 2017, Crawford recorded a season-high 32 points, shooting 11-of-15 from the field, along with 4 rebounds in a 92–88 win over

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. On July 27, 2018, Crawford signed with the Italian team

for the 2018–19 season. On May 25, 2019, Crawford recorded a career-high 33 points, shooting 13–21 from the field, along with six rebounds and three assists in an 81–78 playoff win over

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. Crawford led Cremona to the 2019 Italian League Semifinals, where they eventually were eliminated by

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. In 34 games played for Cremona, he averaged 17.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On May 13, 2019, Crawford was named the Italian League MVP. On July 20, 2019, Crawford signed a one-year deal with

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of the

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. He appeared in 29 games for Gaziantep, averaging 12.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. On January 27, 2020, Crawford returned to Italy for a second stint, signing with

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for the rest of the

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season. On July 5, 2020, he signed with

Basket Brescia Leonessa The Pallacanestro Brescia, better known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Brescia, Lombardy. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 seaso ...

of the Italian

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(LBA). On July 19, 2021, Crawford signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the

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. On August 29, 2022, he signed with

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of the

(LBA). On August 13, 2023, he signed with

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of the

References

External links

Northwestern Wildcats bio

NBA D-League profile

RealGM profile
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