[2] His performances at club level also earned selection to the Carbery divisional team as a dual player.
At inter-county level, Crowley made a number of appearances for the Cork senior hurling team during the 1945–46 National League.
[3] He failed to make the championship panel but lined out for the junior team beaten by Limerick in the 1946 Munster final.
As a coach and selector, Crowley was involved at all levels with the Bandon club and with divisional side Carbery.
After his education at Bandon Technical School, he worked as a cattle dealer before taking over the family pub in 1959.