Crusader

Crusader or Crusaders may refer to:

Military

 * Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades
 * Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber
 * Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
 * Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army
 * F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
 * XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8
 * HMS Crusader, three British ships
 * Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War
 * VMFA-122 Crusaders, United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122
 * XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project

Fictional characters

 * Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons character Class
 * Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics
 * Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy
 * Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
 * Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
 * Crusaders (DC Comics), a name used by a team of DC Comics superheroes
 * Crusaders (Marvel Comics), a name by a similar team from Marvel Comics
 * Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime

Films

 * Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
 * "Crusaders" (original title Krzyżacy means "Crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
 * The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
 * The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
 * The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
 * The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series

Games

 * Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series
 * Crusader: Adventure Out of Time, a 1997 video game
 * Stronghold: Crusader, a 2001 computer strategy game

Literature

 * Crusader (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
 * Crusader (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass
 * The Crusaders, a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym
 * The Crusaders. An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century, an 1820 novel by Louisa Stanhope

Albums

 * Crusader (Chris de Burgh album), released in 1979
 * Crusader (Saxon album), released in 1984
 * The Crusader (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe

Groups

 * The Crusaders (jazz fusion group), a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
 * The Crusaders (garage band), a 1960s garage band from Los Angeles who released first Gospel rock record
 * The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group
 * Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps
 * Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps

Periodicals
Many newspapers have used The Crusader as a title, including:
 * Crusader, a newspaper of the African Blood Brotherhood
 * Crusader, a publication of College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
 * Crusader, a newspaper of The Knights Party
 * The East St. Louis Crusader, a former newspaper in East St. Louise for African Americans
 * The New Orleans Crusader, also known as the Crusader and Weekly Crusader, a publication that carried entries from Rodolphe Desdunes

Other arts, entertainment, and media

 * Crusader (TV series), a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith
 * Southern Knights, a comic series originally called the Crusaders in their first issue
 * The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery

Athletics teams

 * Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, IA
 * Belmont Abbey College Crusaders, the athletic teams of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
 * Capital Crusaders, the athletic teams of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
 * Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY
 * Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School
 * Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross
 * North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina
 * Pensacola Catholic Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School
 * Univ. of Dallas Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas

Cricket teams

 * Kandy Crusaders, a Sri Lankan domestic T20 cricket team

Football teams

 * Amsterdam Crusaders, an American football team from the Netherlands
 * Carlstad Crusaders, an American football team from Sweden
 * Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland

Ice hockey teams

 * Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976

Rugby league teams

 * London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders
 * Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
 * North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above

Rugby union teams

 * Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
 * Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji

Other uses in sports

 * Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), a United States racehorse
 * Lucas Oil Crusader, a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series

Civilian aircraft and ships

 * Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died
 * American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation
 * Cessna T303 Crusader, a civilian aircraft
 * Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers

Civilian ground vehicles

 * Crusader (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
 * Crusader, a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade
 * Crusader, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
 * Royal Enfield Crusader Sports, a 248cc motorcycle of the 1960s

Other uses

 * The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
 * Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom previously known as Crusaders