“I am a football historian. I have written about American football in France and women playing tackle football. Both are fascinating stories!”
Russ Crawford is Professor of history at Ohio Northern University. He graduated from Chadron State College with a BA in History in 1985, and again in 1991 with a BS in Social Studies Education. He taught high school in South Dakota and Iowa. He received his MA in History in 2000, and his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has published three books: The Use of Sports to Promote the American Way of Life During the Cold War: Cultural Propaganda, 1945-1963 (2008), Le Football: The History of American Football in France (2016), and Women’s American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Field (2022).
Currently working on a history of sport and the Big Ten Conference.
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Photo above: Australia versus Canada in the IFAF Women's World Championship in Vantaa, Finland July 30, 2022
