Background
Crawshaw was born on 21 September 1898 in Manchester, Lancashire.
Crawshaw was born on 21 September 1898 in Manchester, Lancashire.
He played as an inside forward. Born in Manchester, he played in the Football League for Manchester City, Halifax Town and Nelson. A keen sportsman, he listed his hobbies as association football, swimming, cricket and tennis.
Crawshaw served in the Royal Navy during the First World War before becoming a professional football player.
Crawshaw died in Manchester on 23 October 1965, at the age of 67. Crawshaw was a youth player with Stockport County.
He joined Manchester City in 1919 and in his first season with the club he scored six goals in 21 league appearances. In the following two seasons he played just four league games, before signing for Football League Third Division North side Halifax Town in the summer of 1922.
He appeared seven times for Halifax Town, but failed to get on the scoresheet.
Crawshaw moved to Nelson in February 1923 for a transfer fee of £100 as a replacement for the previous inside-left Mike McCulloch. On the club"s summer tour of Spain in 1923, Crawshaw scored the opening goal in the defeat to Racing Santander, before netting two goals in the 4–2 victory over Real Madrid. In the next campaign, he played 19 times and scored five goals but could not prevent Nelson being relegated after finishing 21st in the division.
At the end of the 1923-1924 season, he left Nelson and retired from professional football, having scored 16 goals in a total of 64 league matches.
He subsequently moved into non-league football, having spells with Stalybridge Celtic and Mossley.