1. James Harold "Sleepy Jim" Crowley was an American football player and coach.
14 Facts About Jim Crowley
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Jim Crowley gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield where he played halfback from 1922 to 1924.
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Jim Crowley coached the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference in 1947.
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Jim Crowley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1966.
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Jim Crowley played football and basketball at East High from 1918 to 1921.
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In 1925, the Waterbury Blues signed Jim Crowley, to join ex-Horseman Stuhldreher in the backfield against a team from Adams, Massachusetts.
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Jim Crowley picked up his check after the game and left the team.
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Jim Crowley stayed in football as an assistant coach at Georgia and was named head coach at Michigan State University, then known as Michigan State College, in 1929.
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Jim Crowley enjoyed tremendous success at Fordham by building one of the top defensive teams in the country.
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In 1938, Jim Crowley brings a group of former college players to France for a series of performances to be played in various cities.
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In 1939, Jim Crowley coached Fordham in the first-ever televised football game.
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Jim Crowley left football behind following his disastrous stint with Chicago, moving to Pennsylvania to become an insurance salesman.
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Two years later, Jim Crowley was named chairman of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, a position he held until 1963.
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The last living member of the "Four Horsemen," Jim Crowley died in Scranton on January 15,1986.