Biographical details | |
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Born | Colebrook, New Hampshire, U.S. | March 12, 1870
Died | November 25, 1963 Portland, Maine, U.S. | (aged 93)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1891 | Michigan |
1892 | Baker |
1893 | Nebraska |
Baseball | |
1892–1893 | Michigan |
Position(s) | End, halfback, quarterback (football) Catcher, left fielder (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1891 | Michigan |
1892 | Baker |
1893–1894 | Nebraska |
1895 | Texas |
1896 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 23–14–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 WIUFA (1894) | |
Francis Bemis Crawford Jr. (March 12, 1870 – November 25, 1963) was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the first full-time head football coach at both Michigan and Nebraska, and also coached at Baker and Texas for single seasons. Crawford attended Yale University and served as a lawyer in Nebraska and France following his retirement from football. He was a professor of law at Creighton College of Law from 1906 to 1913.