Tony Crane
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Steven Crane | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Sheffield Wednesday | 48 | (4) |
| 2003–2006 | Grimsby Town | 45 | (4) |
| 2005 | → Worksop Town (loan) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Worksop Town | ||
| 2007–2008 | Boston United | 34 | (5) |
| 2009 | Hallam | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2007. |
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Anthony Steven "Tony" Crane (born 8 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender, midfielder and makeshift centre forward from 1999 to 2009.
He notably played as a professional for Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby Town where he spent numerous seasons playing in the second and third tier of English football. He left Grimsby in 2006 and dropped into playing Non-league football with Worksop Town and later Boston United before quitting football in 2008 due to personal reasons one of which being his weight. He briefly returned to play for Hallam in 2009, but left after a couple of months.
He now resides back in Sheffield and plays amateur football in the town's Saturday and Sunday leagues.
Crane started his career with Sheffield Wednesday in 1999, and was promoted from the club's youth academy into the squad that summer. The 1999–2000 campaign would spell the end of Wednesday's stay in the Premier League, as well as this, Crane failed to make an appearance in England's top division for The Owls. In the next couple of seasons, Crane established himself as a first team player, and played apart in the club's next three seasons, which were all contested playing in the English First Division. Crane would be used in three positions for the Wednesday. His original position of playing as a defensive central midfield, was often mixed with using him as a centre back, and in some circumstances his height and frame were used as an advantage when his manager picked him as a makeshift centre forward. In the 2002–2003 season, Sheffield Wednesday were relegated from the First Division, along with Brighton & Hove Albion and local rivals Grimsby Town. Following the club's further demise down the English domestic football ladder, Crane decided to leave Hillsborough at the end of the season, and moved to sign for Grimsby on a free transfer, he would become the first new signing for manager Paul Groves for the 2003–04 season. after both clubs had been relegated in the previous season.
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