Jim Crowley
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 10, 1902 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | January 15, 1986 (aged 83) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1918–1921 | Green Bay East High School |
| 1922–1924 | Notre Dame |
| 1925 | Waterbury Blues |
| 1925 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1925 | Providence Steam Roller |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1927 | Georgia (assistant) |
| 1928–1932 | Michigan State |
| 1933–1941 | Fordham |
| 1942 | North Carolina Pre-Flight |
| 1947 | Chicago Rockets |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 86–23–11 (college) 0–10 (AAFC) |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1966 (profile) |
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James Harold "Jim" Crowley (September 10, 1902 – January 15, 1986) was an American football player and coach. He gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield where he played halfback from 1922 to 1924. After a brief career as a professional football player, Crowley turned to coaching. He served as the head football coach at Michigan State College from 1929 to 1933, at Fordham University from 1933 to 1941 and at the North Carolina Pre-Flight School in 1942, compiling a career college football record of 86–23–11. Crowley also coached the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference in 1947. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1966.
Jim Crowley played football and basketball at East High from 1918-1921. His high school coach during the 1919 football season was "Curly" Lambeau.
Following his graduation from Notre Dame in 1925, Crowley played in just three professional football games with the National Football League's Green Bay Packers and Providence Steamrollers. In 1925, the Waterbury Blues signed Crowley, to join ex-Horseman Stuhldreher in the backfield against a team from Adams, Massachusetts. Crowley's regular job at the time was assistant coach at the University of Georgia. The Blues put on a good show by driving to a 34–0 triumph, with Crowley scoring three touchdowns and Stuhldreher booting two field goals and three extra points. Crowley picked up his check after the game and left the team. Crowley stayed in football as an assistant coach at Georgia and was named head coach at Michigan State University, then known as Michigan State College, in 1929. In four seasons, Crowley's Michigan State Spartans went 22–8–3.
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