Denver Junior Crawford (June 16, 1921 – August 14, 2005)[1] was a professional American football guard.
While serving in the military in World War II, he played service football for the 1944 Maxwell Field Marauders and the 1945 AAFTC Skymasters.
Originally a tackle drafted out of Tennessee by the Green Bay Packers he chose to play in the rival AAFC when they offered to double his contract salary.
[2] After his playing career, Denny spent 13 years coaching college football at Washington and Lee, Maryland, Mississippi State and Minnesota.
After moving back to his hometown he spent several years as a coach at Sullivan Central High School, Blountville, TN.