Francis Patrick Crotty (11 April 1938 – 18 December 2016) was a New Zealand rower and industrial chemist.
[4] The following year he again won the national fours title, this time with Gemmell, Peter Aitchison, Graeme Moran and Richard Tuffin (coxswain), and the same crew went on to represent New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, finishing fourth.
[4][5] Crotty worked for the Southland Frozen Meat Company in Invercargill and completed a Master of Science degree studying extramurally.
In the late 1960s, Crotty and his family moved to Hawke's Bay where he was employed at the East Coast Fertiliser Works as production supervisor and chief chemist.
He continued his involvement with Rotary after moving to Hawke's Bay in 1992 as a member of the Taradale club.