Clem F. Crowe (October 18, 1903 – April 13, 1983) was an American gridiron football and basketball player and coach.
Crowe resurfaced in 1949 as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference, going 4–1–1 after succeeding Red Dawson.
When the Buffalo franchise folded, he left to coach the Baltimore Colts, an expansion team in the National Football League (NFL) in 1950.
The team suffered a winless 7 game preseason before posting a 1–11 record in the regular campaign, leading to the termination of that franchise as well.
Art Donovan had this to say of Crowe, his coach during his 1950 rookie season with the Colts: "This sonofabitch was crazy, and my first training camp immediately became one of the worst experiences of my life.
Just hot, humid, bone-breaking, full-pad scrimmages.... For my first couple of days in camp I wasn't even issued pads.
"[1] Crowe then headed north to Canada and agreed to coach the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 1951.