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American football player, coach, and boxer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russell J. Crane (1906/1907 - March 18, 1966) was an American college football player and coach and boxer.[1] He was a prominent guard for coach Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini,[2] captain in 1929.[3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1906 or 1907 |
Died | (aged 59) Monongalia County, West Virginia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1927–1929 | Illinois |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1935–1938 | Richmond (line) |
1946–1949 | Richmond (line) |
1950–1951 | Washington and Lee (line) |
1952–1963 | West Virginia (line) |
1964–1965 | West Virginia (OL) |
Men's track and field | |
1942 | Richmond |
1947–1950 | Richmond |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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Crane was an assistant football coach at the University of Richmond from 1935 to 1938. He turned to Richmond as line coach and head track coach in 1946.[4]
He died of pulmonary heart disease in Monongalia County, West Virginia, on March 18, 1966, at age 59.[5]