Jim McIlvaine is trying to track down Chris Crawford. Figure this is as good a place as any where someone on the site might have stayed in touch since college.
If you have contact info and aren't able to DM McIlvaine, PM me and I'll forward it.
https://x.com/jimmcilvaine/status/1819167113715626123?s=46&t=y09G3XF0pbaZZc_-K-dYSw
https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/punllr0940r96l89n09u
I thought that was some kind of joke.
Pretty sure it was #5, aina?
They've been trying to contact him for 10-20 years and come up empty. Seems like he doesn't want to be found. Messages left but no calls returned. Just seems totally off the grid.
Chris was my year and in my first class at Straz. I guess I'm "where the f*ck has that guy been for the past decade" years old now. Fml
Someone text that number weirdo Sultan found and report back to us
Quote from: Jay Bee on August 04, 2024, 04:40:18 PM
Chris was my year and in my first class at Straz. I guess I'm "where the f*ck has that guy been for the past decade" years old now. Fml
Someone text that number weirdo Sultan found and report back to us
I watched him when I was in middle school...and I'm over the hill.
Quote from: avid1010 on August 04, 2024, 05:26:11 PM
I watched him when I was in middle school...and I'm over the hill.
Thanks for the perspective. Fml even more
"A$$ f$@&" is a name I hadn't heard called out too much until overhearing CC & Richard "dick" Shaw.
I feel this is a good reminder how times flies. I'm going ALL OUT in my Pickleball league tomorrow, injuries and all.
Quote from: brewcity77 on August 04, 2024, 02:46:05 PM
They've been trying to contact him for 10-20 years and come up empty. Seems like he doesn't want to be found. Messages left but no calls returned. Just seems totally off the grid.
Saw him in February at the memorial for a mutual friend's mom in Kalamazoo. It was a huge event so I didn't have a chance to talk to him. Had no idea he was kind of a recluse. My buddy whose mom was being remembered says Chris speaks highly of his time at MU.
Quote from: avid1010 on August 04, 2024, 05:26:11 PM
I watched him when I was in middle school...and I'm over the hill.
Played against him in middle school (ok, sat the bench while he played). You're just a young pup!
Nice and humble and unassuming person as you'll ever meet.
My first date with my wife was a Bucks / Hawks game and "Woody" was playing the best ball of his career at the time.
I was friends with Pieper a little bit in college and Chris would tag along every once in a while. Really nice guy but SUPER quiet / shy.
Didn't Crawford play minor league baseball while at MU? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but thought he was a pitcher, maybe in the Astro's organization?
Quote from: Viper on August 05, 2024, 09:19:45 PM
Didn't Crawford play minor league baseball while at MU? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but thought he was a pitcher, maybe in the Astro's organization?
Yeah. Astros drafted him OUT of MU in '94 I believe. Played a couple years
Quote from: Jay Bee on August 05, 2024, 10:32:30 PM
Yeah. Astros drafted him OUT of MU in '94 I believe. Played a couple years
stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=crawfo001chr (https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=crawfo001chr)
Quote from: Jay Bee on August 05, 2024, 10:32:30 PM
Yeah. Astros drafted him OUT of MU in '94 I believe. Played a couple years
Both Crawford and Richard Shaw were drafted as pitchers. Shaw was with the Dodgers organization, which was odd as he always wore a Giants hat around campus.
Update from Jimmy Mac:
https://x.com/JimMcIlvaine/status/1820077731574411396
Quote from: warriorchick on August 06, 2024, 08:51:20 AM
Update from Jimmy Mac:
https://x.com/JimMcIlvaine/status/1820077731574411396
I'm a big fan of Jimmy Mac. And I think that if he's sensing that Chris doesn't want to be publicly found, Jim needs to hush up. Fine if he choses to keep trying to connect with an old teammate, but no need for these updates, except maybe "thanks for the ideas, I'm reaching out to see if Chris responds." If he respects Chris, he'll respect his choice to stay out of the public eye.
Quote from: mug644 on August 06, 2024, 10:47:42 PM
I'm a big fan of Jimmy Mac. And I think that if he's sensing that Chris doesn't want to be publicly found, Jim needs to hush up. Fine if he choses to keep trying to connect with an old teammate, but no need for these updates, except maybe "thanks for the ideas, I'm reaching out to see if Chris responds." If he respects Chris, he'll respect his choice to stay out of the public eye.
Thanks 4 ur thoughts cc
Quote from: warriorchick on August 06, 2024, 08:51:20 AM
Update from Jimmy Mac:
https://x.com/JimMcIlvaine/status/1820077731574411396
Here is an Excellent Feature on Chris Crawford from his High School. Has some great NBA pics ( including one guarding Latrell Sprewell)
May be worth contacting the author. He reports he is close to the family.
https://www.comstockps.org/athletics/hall_of_fame/inductions/2010_class/chris_crawford