Russ Crane (American football)

Russ Crane
Biographical details
Born	1906 or 1907
Died	March 18, 1966 (aged 59); Monongalia County, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1927–1929	Illinois
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1938	Richmond (line)
1946–1949	Richmond (line)
1950–1951	Washington and Lee (line)
1952–1963	West Virginia (line)
1964–1965	West Virginia (OL)
Men's track and field
1942	Richmond
1947–1950	Richmond
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	National (1927);
Awards
	First-team All-American (1927); First-team All-Big Ten (1929); Second-team All-Big Ten (1928);

Russell J. Crane (1906/1907 - March 18, 1966) was an American college football player and coach and boxer.^[1] He was a prominent guard for coach Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini,^[2] captain in 1929.^[3]

Crane was an assistant football coach at the University of Richmond from 1935 to 1938. He turned to Richmond as line coach and head track coach in 1946.^[4]

He died of pulmonary heart disease in Monongalia County, West Virginia, on March 18, 1966, at age 59.^[5]

References

^ "Russ Crane To Make Bow As Ring Pro". Urbana Daily Courier. April 9, 1930.
^ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 2015). YOU CALL IT SPORTS, BUT I SAY IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781501122040.
^ "Captain". Daily Illini. September 7, 1929.
^ "Russ Crane to Coach Richmond Line". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. Associated Press. August 2, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved April 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM11-2WL : 27 February 2018), Russell J Crane, 18 Mar 1966; citing Monongalia County, West Virginia, County Records, v A-C p 28, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,904.

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[1] "Russ Crane To Make Bow As Ring Pro". Urbana Daily Courier. April 9, 1930.

[2] Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 2015). YOU CALL IT SPORTS, BUT I SAY IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781501122040.

[3] "Captain". Daily Illini. September 7, 1929.

[4] "Russ Crane to Coach Richmond Line". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. Associated Press. August 2, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved April 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .

[5] "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM11-2WL : 27 February 2018), Russell J Crane, 18 Mar 1966; citing Monongalia County, West Virginia, County Records, v A-C p 28, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,904.

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