Jen Crawford

{{Short description|American rugby union player}}

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| height = 170 cm

| weight = 66 kg

| ru_position = Half

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| university = Stanford University

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| amatteam1 = Berkeley All Blues

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| repyears1 = 1991–1998

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Jennifer Crawford (born July 25, 1964) is an American former rugby union fifteens and sevens player.{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1110/teams/2583|title=World Rugby - world.rugby|last=worldrugby.org|website=www.world.rugby|access-date=2018-12-17|archive-date=2018-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006234819/https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1110/teams/2583|url-status=dead}} A former all-time leading Eagles tryscorer at the time of her retirement, Crawford is considered the finest female player produced by North America.{{Cite book|title=Rugby for dummies|last=Brown, Mathew.|date=2011|publisher=Wiley|others=Growden, Greg., Guthrie, Patrick, 1962-|isbn=9781118043325|edition= 3rd|location=Mississauga, Ont.|pages=318|oclc=731322674}}{{Cite book|title=Rugby for dummies|last=Brown, Mathew.|date=2004|publisher=J. Wiley & Sons Canada|others=Growden, Greg., Guthrie, Patrick, 1962-|isbn=0470834056|location=Etobicioke, Ont.|pages=304|oclc=56588648}}

Crawford participated at the Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991, 1994, and 1998. At her last world cup, she captained the Eagles and earned her twentieth cap and she was the team's leading try-scorer. Crawford also led the Berkley All-Blues to nine consecutive USA Rugby National Women's Club championships as a player and assistant coach.

Life

Crawford graduated from Stanford University.{{cite web|url=http://wrugby.stanford.edu/alumni/|title=Alumni - Stanford Womens Rugby Club|website=wrugby.stanford.edu}}

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