Byrd D. Crudup

Byrd D. Crudup
Biographical details
Born	September 15, 1897; Edenton, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	March 12, 1960 (aged 62); Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
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)^[1] 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[edit]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Football[edit]


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

References[edit]

^ "Byrd D. Crudup, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "Crudup Coach At J. C. Smith". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. August 26, 1946. p. 12. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Byrd Crudup J. C. Smith athletic head, buried". Baltimore Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. March 22, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive .

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[1] "Byrd D. Crudup, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[2] "Crudup Coach At J. C. Smith". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. August 26, 1946. p. 12. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[3] "Byrd Crudup J. C. Smith athletic head, buried". Baltimore Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. March 22, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive .

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