Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an

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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

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in 1931. He then signed for

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where he scored 4 goals in 8 matches. In 1933, he joined

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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

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, he started his coaching career in Sweden with

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. He then went to Italy, at

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, as

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told him there was a job. He then went to

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and

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, and also later assisted at Crewe Alexandra.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Edmund 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 English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden English expatriate sportspeople in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Greece 20th-century English sportsmen