Background
Crowd grew up in Pemberton, Western Australia and attended school at Aquinas College in Salter Point.
Crowd grew up in Pemberton, Western Australia and attended school at Aquinas College in Salter Point.
Aquinas College, Perth.
He made is WAFL league debut in 1954 for the East Perth Football Club, after some impressive performances with his school side Aquinas, coached by Mick Cronin. In 1956, in just his third season in the league, Crowd was part of the first Sharks premiership since 1936. Crowd transferred to Claremont in 1958, celebrating 50 games with the Tigers.