Dick Crayne

Dick Crayne

Crayne as a senior for Iowa in 1935
No. 15
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	(1913-04-24)April 24, 1913 West Chester, Iowa, U.S.
Died:	August 14, 1985(1985-08-14) (aged 72) Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Fairfield (Fairfield, Iowa)
College:	Iowa
NFL draft:	1936 / round: 1 / pick: 4
Career history
As a player:
Brooklyn Dodgers (1936–1937)
As a coach:
Kansas (1938) (Backfield) Westmar (1939–1951) (Head coach)
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-American (1935) 3× Second-team All-Big Ten (1933, 1934, 1935)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 22 Starts: 16 Rushing yards: 338 (3.0 average) Yards passing: 72 Rushing TDs: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Richard Cherry Crayne (April 24, 1913 – August 14, 1985) was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round with the fourth overall pick in the 1936 NFL Draft. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1 of 2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2 of 4 passes for 20 yards. In 1935, he was selected as a third-team All-American by both the United Press and the Associated Press while playing for the University of Iowa. Crayne served as the head football coach at Westmar University in Le Mars, Iowa from 1939 to 1951. He died on August 14, 1985, at a hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.

NFL career statistics

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving					Passing							Fumbles
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rtg	Fum	Lost
1936	BKN	12	12	64	203	3.2	-	1	1	32	32.0	32	0	1	2	50.0	52	0	0	95.8	-	-
1937	BKN	10	4	47	135	2.9	-	0	1	4	4.0	-	0	2	4	50.0	20	0	0	64.6	-	-
Career		22	16	111	338	3.0	-	1	2	36	18.0	-	0	3	6	50.0	72	0	0	93.7	-	-

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Western Union / Westmar Eagles (Iowa Conference) (1939–1959)
1939	Western Union	6–2–1	2–2	T–8th
1940	Western Union	7–1	2–1	4th
1941	Western Union	3–4–1	1–2–1	9th
1942	Western Union	0–4–1	0–1–1	10th
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	No team—World War II
1946	Western Union	5–2	0–1	T–11th
1947	Western Union	3–2–2	1–0	3rd
1948	Westmar	2–6–1	0–1	10th
1949	Westmar	4–4	1–1	6th
1950	Westmar	3–6	2–3	4th (Northern)
1951	Westmar	1–6–1	0–5	6th (Northern)
Western Union / Westmar:		34–37–7	9–17–2
Total:		34–37–7

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
• Dick Crayne at Find a Grave