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Originally Posted by byrone
To be fair, Crawford to me often comes across as the "Cobb"-like personality. In "The Glory of Their Times" Crawford seems anti-social to a degree. Also, it must have been a tough situation for him during his playing days where the young Cobb came to Detroit and received all the headlines. Jealousy may have been an issue for Crawford. Not to mention, did Crawford join in heavily in the poor rookie treatment of Cobb?
Interesting too that accounts exist that Cobb lobbied hard on behalf of Crawford to help get him elected to the HOF
As with most things it seems, with Cobb, it's complicated
But I would caution the use of Crawford as a character witness for/against Cobb at least to some degree
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Don't believe Crawford? Try Davy Jones.