Edmund Crawford

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Ted Crawford

Personal information
Full name	Edmund Crawford
Date of birth	(1906-10-31)31 October 1906
Place of birth	Filey, England
Date of death	13 December 1977(1977-12-13) (aged 71)
Place of death	London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Scarborough
	Scarborough Penguins
1922–1923	Filey Town
1929–1931	Filey Town
1931–1932	Halifax Town
1932–1933	Liverpool	8	(4)
1933–1945	Clapton Orient
Managerial career
1946–1949	Degerfors IF
1949–1951	Bologna
1951–1952	Livorno
1955	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. In 1933, he joined Clapton Orient, where he ended his playing career. He played his last 6 years with an undiagnosed broken ankle.

Managerial career

After the World War II, he started his managerial 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.