Steven John Crane (born 3 June 1972) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. Crane started his professional career with

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

in July 1990 as a trainee. In November 1990 he played for

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and W ...

on loan, but was recalled by Charlton only a month later. He did not qualify as a member of the Charlton first team and left them in February 1991 without having played in any game. He finally made his first professional appearances on the field when he rejoined Margate in 1991, playing with them for two pre-season games. He left shortly thereafter when he garnered a football scholarship to

Tusculum College Tusculum University is a private Presbyterian university with its main campus in Tusculum, Tennessee. It is Tennessee's first university and the 28th-oldest operating college or university in the United States. In addition to its main campus, ...

in the United States, where he studied foreign languages. While at Tusculum he had an impressive playing career, scoring 99 goals in just two seasons. He returned to the UK in December 1992 to join

Aveley Aveley is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United King ...

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* 1972 births Living people Footballers from Grays, Essex Men's association football forwards English men's footballers Charlton Athletic F.C. players Margate F.C. players Aveley F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Hornchurch F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Tilbury F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Papatoetoe AFC players Torquay United F.C. players Hastings United F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players Great Wakering Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Tusculum University alumni {{England-footy-forward-1970s-stub