William C. Crowley was an American sportscaster.

Crowley called New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 games from 1951-1952 and Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 games from 1957-1960. In between his time with the Yankees and Red Sox, Crowley worked at Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

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, where he was a radio announcer for Crusaders football and basketball

Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball

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 games, sports information director, and economics professor. In 1961, Crowley became the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 public relations director, a position he held until his retirement in 1985. He died on December 1, 1996 from liver cancer

Liver cancer

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