Billy Crawford (American football)

William Randall Crawford (November 11, 1864 – September 6, 1933) was an American football player and coach, lawyer, and railroad executive.

He was the son of Henry Crawford, a prominent lawyer in Chicago and an officer of the Wabash Railroad.

[2] On November 17, 1885, he was injured during a practice when he collided with a member of the freshman team named Bishop.

[13] After graduating from Harvard Law School, Crawford moved to Kentland, Indiana, where he was a lawyer for a large railway.

He died in Lexington, on September 6, 1933, in an ambulence headed to St. Joseph's Hospital after he had suffered a heart attack.