Clement F. Crowe

From Hardwood Heroics to Football Coaching

HIGH SCHOOL:
Lafayette Jefferson High School (1922)

COLLEGE:
Notre Dame (1926)

A 4-sport standout at Lafayette Jefferson … All-State basketball … at Notre Dame, earned 3 letters in both football and basketball … captain and All-State forward on basketball team … Western Conference champions in ‘26 … a long and successful career in coaching … football and basketball coach at St. Vincent College ‘26-32 … coached same 2 sports for 13 years at Xavier … Notre Dame basketball coach ‘44-45, then a year as football coach at Iowa State…moving into pro ranks, coached Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Colts…on to Canada, as head coach of Ottawa Rough Riders ‘51-’54, and British Columbia Lions ‘55-’59.