Alan Crawford | |
Fullname: | Allan William Thomas Crawford[1] |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1916 |
Birth Place: | Nathalia, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Carlton seconds |
Height: | 187 cm |
Weight: | 92 kg |
Statsend: | 1949 |
Years1: | 1936–1938 |
Club1: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 13 (7) |
Years2: | 1939–1941 |
Club2: | South Adelaide |
Years3: | 1943–1945 |
Club3: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals3: | 47 (23) |
Years4: | 1946 |
Club4: | Launceston |
Years5: | 1947 |
Club5: | Penguin |
Years6: | 1948–1949 |
Club6: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals6: | 17 (9) |
Allan William Thomas "Alan" Crawford (21 January 1916 – 28 March 1988)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Crawford, a former Carlton seconds player, had a stop-start career in the VFL, starting with a stint from 1936 to 1938.[3] [4] During the early war years he played for South Adelaide, then went back to North Melbourne in 1943.[5] A follower, Crawford won North Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1944.[6] He was playing coach of Launceston in 1946 and coached another Tasmanian club, Penguin, in 1947, before returning to North Melbourne in 1948, for two final seasons.[7]