{{Short description|English footballer (1927–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Russell Crossley | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Russell Crossley | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|2|1927|6|25|df=y}} | death_place = Arbroath, Angus, Scotland | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 1950–1954 | clubs1 = Liverpool | caps1 = 68 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1954–1959 | clubs2 = Shrewsbury Town | caps2 = 173 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1959–1961 | clubs3 = Kettering Town | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 0 }}
'''Russell Crossley''' (25 June 1927 – 2 July 2018) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Liverpool in The Football League.
==Early life and career== Russell Crossley was born on 25 June 1927 in Hebden Bridge.<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|4416}}</ref><ref name="LFCH">{{cite web|title=Players - Russell Crossley |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/590|website=LFC History|access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> Crossley came to Liverpool's attention while he was playing for the army and signed for the club in 1950. Crossley was never the regular first choice keeper while he was at Liverpool, he was in and out of the side during his time at the club. Out of the goalkeepers in the club's history Crossley has the worst average of conceding goals. During his time at the club he conceded 138 goals in 73 matches, which equates to 1.89 goals a game.<ref name="LFCH" />
In 1954, he left Liverpool to join Shrewsbury Town F.C., where he played until 1959, when he left football to become a farmer.<ref name="CA">{{cite news|last1=Strachan |first1=Graeme|title=Former goalie recalls his career with Liverpool FC|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-perth-and-perthshire-edition/20121208/281728381826557|work=The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)|date=8 December 2012|pages=10}}</ref>
==Personal life== After leaving football, he taught biology in the Huddersfield area.<ref name="CA" />
He had two children.<ref name="CA" />
In 1997, he and his wife Joan relocated from Yorkshire to Angus, Scotland.<ref name="CA" />
Crossley died on 2 July 2018 at the age of 91 in Arbroath.<ref name="Hugman" /><ref name="LFCH" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, Russell}} Category:1927 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:English Football League players Category:English men's footballers Category:Liverpool F.C. players Category:People from Hebden Bridge Category:Sportspeople from Calderdale Category:Footballers from West Yorkshire Category:Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Category:20th-century English sportsmen