Chadron State College Athletics

Crawford died in an airplane crash near Billings, Mont., in October 1991, just a year after he had completed his athletic career at CSC. A native of Greybull, Wyo., he was a rugged 6-foot-2, 230-pound fullback that opponents hated to see coming their way.
A native of Greybull, Wyo., he helped open holes for tailback David Jones and was an excellent ball carrier himself. As a senior, he rushed 107 times for 725 yards, an average of 6.8 yards per carry, and scored 10 touchdowns. Crawford also was an excellent calf roper who was named the CSC rodeo team’s outstanding contestant his senior year. His accomplishments that year included winning the calf roping at the Colorado State University rodeo.
He was rodeoing full-time when the plane crash occurred.