James Lowrie Crane (July 28, 1877 – September 2, 1942) was an American college football coach, lawyer, lumber businessman, and city councilman in Buffalo, New York.
Crane attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where the played football as a tackle and fullback.
He later worked for the law firm of Lockwood, Hoyt & Green and then became secretary of White, Gatwick, Mitchell, a lumber dealer in North Tonawanda, New York.
Crane was active in the Republican Party and served on the Buffalo Common Council, representing the Delaware District from 1938 to 1941.
He died on September 2, 1942, at his summer home in Lorraine, then a part of Humberstone and now Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.