Edward "Eddie" Crook Jr. (April 19, 1929 – July 25, 2005) won a gold medal for the United States as a boxing teammate of Muhammad Ali in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Crook defeated Tadeusz Walasek of Poland in the gold medal match by 3-2 decision.

Below is the record of Eddie Crook Jr., an American middleweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics: After winning his gold medal, Crook served two tours in the Vietnam War as a command sergeant major in the U.S. Army.

Crook was quarterback of the Berlin Bears, earning All-Army honors and named "Most Valuable Player."

[2] Crook and his wife Fannie Marie Rogers were buried at the Fort Benning Main Post Cemetery.