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Born in Kilmarnock, Crawford started playing for local junior sides before joining Sheffield United (then of the Midland League) in 1890. After a single season with the Blades, Crawford moved to London to join Woolwich Arsenal, becoming the first professional player for the side.^[1] He immediately became a regular, and remained so as the club joined the Football League in 1893; Crawford scored on his League debut, in a Second Division match against Walsall Town Swifts on September 11, 1893. View from Kilmarnock train station onto John Finnie Street. ... Sheffield United Football Club are a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... The Midland Football League is a football competition based in England. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. ... Walsall Football Club are an English football club that competes in the 2006/07 season in Football League Two. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Crawford started out at Arsenal as a right-winger, but later on in his career moved into midfield as a right-half. He remained a near ever-present in Arsenal's first four seasons, becoming club captain after the death of Joe Powell in 1896. However, injury wrecked his 1897-98 season, and he lost his place in the side. He moved on to Millwall in 1898 and later had a spell with Queens Park Rangers. In all, he played 138 times for Woolwich Arsenal in league and cup, scoring 18 goals, and an additional 83 games in Arsenal's pre-league days. After retiring from football, he became a groundsman and eventually became head groundsman at Charlton Athletic, until the late 1940s. In sports, the term winger is the name of a position, including football, rugby union, rugby league and field hockey. ... In association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Joseph Joshua Joe Powell (1870 – November 30, 1896) was an English footballer, who was captain of Woolwich Arsenal in their first season of League football. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Millwall Football Club is a professional football team based at the 20,146 capacity New Den Stadium in Zampa Road, Bermondsey, South East London, England. ... Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football team, from Loftus Road, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith in London. ... Charlton Athletic Football Club are a football club from southeast London. ...

Crawford was one of the longest-surviving members of Arsenal's first professional side, along with Bill Julian and John McBean. The three were reunited at an Arsenal game against Chelsea on March 20, 1948 (by which time Arsenal were one of the leading sides in English football), an event recorded in the The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal.^[2] Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously as The Pensioners), founded in 1905, are an English Premier League football team. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Footnotes

1. ^ ASSC Club History. Arsenal Scotland Supporters Club. Retrieved on August 20, 2006.
2. ^ Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (2005). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. ISBN 0600613445, 27.

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References

• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1899429034.