Mush Crawford
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1898–1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Mush Crawford
| position = Guard
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|12|23}}
| birth_place = Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|10|27|1898|12|23}}
| death_place = Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 200
| college = Beloit, Illinois, Lake Forest
| pastteams =
| pastcoaching =
; Football
- San Jose State (1929–1931)
Head coach - Miami (FL) (1933)
Freshmen coach - Stout Institute (1935–1937)
Head coach
; Basketball
- Stout Institute (1936–1938)
Head coach
; Baseball
- San Jose State (1929–1932)
Head coach
| highlights =
| pfr = C/CrawMu20
}}
Walter Charles "Mush" Crawford (December 23, 1898 – October 27, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CrawMu20.htm|title=Mush Crawford|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 2, 2011}} Crawford first played with the Chicago Bears during the 1925 NFL season. During the 1927 NFL season he played with the New York Yankees.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/mushcrawford/profile?id=CRA769804|title=Mush Crawford|publisher=National Football League|accessdate=February 2, 2011}} He also had been a member of the Chicago Bulls of the American Football League during the 1926 American Football League season.
Crawford served as the head football coach at San Jose State Teachers College (now known as San Jose State University) from 1929 to 1931 and at the Stout Institute (now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stout) from 1935 to 1937.{{cite web|url=http://athletics.uwstout.edu/news/2011/7/12/FB_0712110725.aspx|title=NFL player, future Stout president leave unique marks|publisher=athletics.uwstoudt.edu|first=Chuck|last=Backus|date=14 July 2011 |access-date=January 17, 2018}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = San Jose State Spartans
| conf = Far Western Conference
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1931
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 3–3–1
| conference = 2–1–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 2–3–3
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 6–14–4
| confrecord = 3–8–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stout Institute Blue Devils
| conf = Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = 1937
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Stout Institute
| overall = 1–6
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th (Northern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Stout Institute
| overall = 0–5–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = 5th (Northern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Stout Institute
| overall = 0–6–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = 5th (Northern)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stout Institute
| overall = 1–17–2
| confrecord = 0–10–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 7–31–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Navboxes
|list =
{{San Jose State Spartans baseball coach navbox}}
{{San Jose State Spartans football coach navbox}}
{{Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils football coach navbox}}
{{1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football navbox}}
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Mush}}
Category:American football guards
Category:Basketball coaches from Illinois
Category:Beloit Buccaneers football players
Category:Chicago Bears players
Category:Chicago Bulls (American football) players
Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players
Category:Lake Forest Foresters football players
Category:Miami Hurricanes football coaches
Category:New York Yankees (NFL) players
Category:San Jose State Spartans baseball coaches
Category:San Jose State Spartans football coaches
Category:Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils baseball coaches
Category:Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils football coaches
Category:Wisconsin–Stout Blue Devils men's basketball coaches
Category:Sportspeople from Waukegan, Illinois
Category:Players of American football from Lake County, Illinois
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
{{offensive-lineman-1890s-stub}}