Career
Born in Duncan, Mississippi, he played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft. Crespino was also selected in the sixth round of the 1961 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He was the father of political historian, Joseph Crespino.
Crespino died on July 29, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia following a long undisclosed illness.