5'7 "  10st.10lb.
b. Newcastle 11 Jun 1939
d. Bristol  12 May 2003
 

Debut  19 March 1960 (20y 281d) Final Game 13 January 1962 (22y 216d)
First Goal 10 September 1960 Final Goal 23 September 1961
CAREER: St John's School, Edinburgh;Heart of Midlothian (trial);Leeds United Oct'54 (am) Jun'56 (pro)[95-27];Blackburn Rovers Mar'60 (£25,000); Wolverhampton Wanderers Feb'62 (£28,000)[83-24];Nottingham Forest Aug'64 (£30,000)[74-12];Bristol City Jan'67 (£15,000)[66+1-13];Auburn (Aus) May'69 (£4,000);Walsall Sep'69 (£1,000)[10+3-1];Bath City Feb'71;Greenaway Sports.
INTERNATIONALS  England  1 app
’63 v Fra.
 

FL       51 apps     6 gls
FAC     5 apps      1 gl
FLC      6 apps     4 gls
Total  62 apps  11 gls
Strike rate 507m
LC       2 apps

With the money from the sale of Roy Vernon Blackburn brought the Leeds ' player  Chris Crowe to Ewood. He had blond hair, pace and  an explosive shot, exactly the same qualities as the club's  other inside forward Peter Dobing. The result was that they never gelled and  Crowe increasingly looked a misfit. An experiment was made with him playing on the right wing, perhaps this  should have been persevered with because when he left the club he started playing in this position and gained a cap for England. However no club ever fully harnessed his massive potential and his  career faded dramatically. He had been born in Newcastle when his father was briefly employed there but when he was three months old the family moved to Edinburgh and he played for the Scottish schools ' side. He would have joined Hearts but the Scottish system at the time did not offer traineeships  and rather than be farmed out to a junior club, he opted to go to England and join the Leeds' groundstaff. He retained  an affection for the city and moved back after he had finished  playing, working in a variety of jobs (shoe shop manager, taxi driver, licensee and estate agent).