Edmund Crawford

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Edmund Crawford
Personal information
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Scarborough Town
Scarborough Penguins
Filey Town
Halifax Town
1932–1933 Liverpool 8 (4)
1933–1945 Clapton Orient 218 (73)
Managerial career
Degerfors IF
1950–1951 Bologna
Livorno
1953–1954 AEK Athens
1956–1957 Barnet
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmund "Ted" Crawford (31 October 1906 - Unknown) was an English footballer and football manager.

Playing career

Crawford started his career as an amateur in joining his two brothers at Filey Town in February 1922. He moved to Scarborough Penguins, then to Scarborough Town 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 A.F.C.|Halifax Town in 1931. He then signed for Liverpool where he scored 4 goals in 8 matches.[1] In 1933, he joined Clapton Orient, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.[2]

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, also later assisted at Crewe Alexandraref name="timesonline.co.uk"/>

References

  1. ^ "Edmund Crawford Profile". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ "Storyteller supreme who lit up the coaching world". Brian Glanville, The Times. London. 2003-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

Centenary Reoord - Filey Town AFC 1993

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