Career
Born in Montreal, Crossan"s family moved to the Isle of Manitoba when he was eight, before returning to Canada in 1949, where he began his career with the Marpole Athletic Club. Crossan was playing soccer for the New Westminster Royals, when a proposed move to England to play for Liverpool in 1953 fell through. After signing for Manchester City in January 1954, he later played for Gillingham, Southend United, Norwich City and Leyton Orient, scoring 57 goals in 226 games in the Football League.
He later returned to Canada to play for Toronto City, before ending his career with the New Westminster Royals in 1962.
Crossan was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Norwich City Hall of Fame in 2002. Individual.