the fundraiser for the university until 2001, when he retired. Awards and later life Crow was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1976. In 2004, Crow was awarded the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Doak Walker Legends Award, presented annually by the SMU Athletic Forum. The award is given to former college football running backs who had excellent college careers and later became leaders in their community. In 1976, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches. Crow retired in College Station, Texas. In an interview with the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Crow said, "I tell everybody that A&M is my true love and that I want us to win everything that we do, but Alabama is a close second because of the ties I had with Coach Bryant, and with my son playing over there. He died at a hospice in Bryan, Texas, on June 17, 2015; he was 79 years old, three weeks shy of his 80th birthday. In addition to their son, Crow and his high school sweetheart and wife of more than 60 years, the former Carolyn Gilliam, have two surviving daughters, Annalisa Stenklyft and husband, Jay, and Jeannie Pietrowiak and husband, Ken; daughter-in-law, Janice Crow, and seven grandchildren. He was cremated. A public reception was held in his memory on June 23 at Reed Arena in College Station. Head coaching record References External links 1935 births 2015 deaths American football halfbacks Chicago Cardinals players Cleveland Browns coaches Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks athletic directors Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football coaches San Diego Chargers coaches San Francisco 49ers players St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Texas A&M Aggies athletic directors Texas A&M Aggies football players All-American college football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players Heisman Trophy winners Western Conference Pro Bowl players Springhill High School (Louisiana) alumni People from Marion, Louisiana People from Springhill, Louisiana People from Monroe, Louisiana People from College Station, Texas Coaches of American football from Louisiana Players of American football from Louisiana