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Byrd D. Crudup
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Biographical details
Born (1897-09-15)September 15, 1897
Edenton, North Carolina
Died March 12, 1960(1960-03-12) (aged 62)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1922–1924 Lincoln (PA)
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1931 North Carolina College
1935–1940 Dillard
1946–1949 Johnson C. Smith
Basketball
1927–1928 North Carolina College
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1935–? Dillard
1946–1960 Johnson C. Smith
Head coaching record
Overall 21–65–10 (football)
0–6 (basketball)
Bowls 1–1

Byrd D. Crudup (September 15, 1897 – March 12, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the North Carolina College for Negroes—now known as North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina—from 1929 to 1931, Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1935 to 1940, and at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1946 to 1949. Crudup was also head basketball coach at North Carolina Central for one season, in 1927–28.

Early life, playing career, and education

Crudup was born on September 15, 1897, in Edenton, North Carolina, to Byrd Crudup and Delia Stark Crudup. He graduated from Rindge Manual Training School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Crudup played college football at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He was named to the All-Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) team in 1923 and 1924 and was captain of the 1924 Lincoln Lions football team, which won the CIAA title and a black college football national championship.

Crudup graduated from Lincoln with an A.B. degree in 1925 and earned Master of Education degree from Boston University in 1939. He also did additional studies at Boston University and Harvard University.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
North Carolina College Eagles (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1931)
1929 North Carolina College 1–7–1 0–6 9th
1930 North Carolina College 3–6–1 2–5–1 T–8th
1931 North Carolina College 5–4–1 5–3 5th
North Carolina College: 8–17–3 7–14–1
Dillard Bleu Devils (Independent) (1935–1940)
1935 Dillard 1–3–1
1936 Dillard 1–4
1937 Dillard 2–3–1
1938 Dillard 4–2
1939 Dillard 1–5
1940 Dillard 0–5–1
Dillard: 9–22–3
Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1949)
1946 Johnson C. Smith 0–7–2 0–6–2 14th L Pecan Bowl
1947 Johnson C. Smith 1–8 1–7 16th
1948 Johnson C. Smith 0–7–1 0–7–1 14th
1949 Johnson C. Smith 3–4–1 2–4–1 12th W Iodine Bowl
Johnson C. Smith: 4–26–4 3–24–4
Total: 21–65–10
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