Russ Crane (American football)

Russell J. Crane (1906/1907 - March 18, 1966) was an American college football player and coach and boxer. He was a prominent guard for coach Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini, captain in 1929.

Crane was an assistant football coach at the University of Richmond from 1935 to 1938. He turned to Richmond as line coach and head track coach in 1946.

He died of pulmonary heart disease in Monongalia County, West Virginia, on March 18, 1966, at age 59.