Larry Crawford was a football player in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 for nine years. Crawford played defensive back

Defensive back

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 for the BC Lions

BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 and Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

 from 1981-1989. He was a CFL All-Star four times and was a part of the Lions Grey Cup

Grey Cup

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 championship team in 1985. He played college football at the Iowa State University

Iowa State University

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. He is a graduate of Miami Palmetto High School

Miami Palmetto High School

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and was a teammate of Tom Foley, currently the third-base coach for the Tampa Bay Rays.

He is currently the defensive back and wide receiver coach at Valley Christian High School located in Cerritos, California.