Shane Barry Crawford (born 9 September 1974) is a former Australian rules football player, television media personality and author.

[5] While attending boarding school at Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria, he was selected by Hawthorn with the 13th pick in the 1991 AFL Draft before graduating in 1992.

[4] He was named captain in 1999;[4] however, he stepped down from the Hawthorn captaincy after the 2004 season in which he broke his arm, and the Hawks finished second-last on the AFL ladder.

He regained some form in the 2005 season, during which he played his 250th AFL game against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba,[9] and he was again one of the league's leading possession-winners.

He ended his career after Hawthorn won the 2008 Grand Final and is now remembered as one of the greatest midfielders in the modern era of AFL football.

[citation needed] In 2022, Crawford made his musical theatre debut in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Melbourne, playing the role of 'Pharaoh'.

On 16 September 2010, Crawford completed a 780 km run named "That's What I'm Walking About"[13] from Rundle Mall in Adelaide to the Channel 9 studio in Melbourne to raise awareness for breast cancer.

He took a total of 11 days to complete the run and, as a welcome into Melbourne, ran the final leg into the Channel 9 Footy Show's studio, where the panel and crowd awaited his arrival.

Hundreds of "pink ladies" who were affected in some way by breast cancer showed their appreciation and support by making way for Crawford as he ran into the studio.

[26] In June and July 2013, Crawford cycled 3,600 km from Melbourne to Perth in a fundraising event named "Tour de Crawf" that took place over 22 days.