| Wilf Crawford | |
| Birth Name: | Wilfrid Hornby Crawford |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Rochester, Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Haddington, Scotland |
| Ru Position: | Flanker |
| Amatteam1: | United Services |
| Amatteam2: | Royal Navy |
| Provinceyears1: | 1938 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1938 |
| Province1: | Scotland Possibles |
| Province2: | Scotland Probables |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1938-39 |
| Repcaps1: | 5 |
| Reppoints1: | 21 |
Wilf Crawford (24 August 1915 – 6 June 1993) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a flanker.[1] He later was a noted horse-racing trainer.[2]
Crawford played for the Portsmouth club United Services.[3]
He also played for the Royal Navy.[3]
He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.[4]
Crawford was capped by Scotland 5 times. The caps came in 1938, when Scotland won the Triple Crown, and 1939.[5]
After his rugby union career finished Crawford became a noted horse-racing trainer.[2] He began training horses from his farm in Haddington mainly for personal friends.
He was interviewed by the Daily Mirror in 1966 on the effect of the Betting Tax on the horse-racing industry:[6]
"I really think the situation is gloomy. It may mean smaller fields, leading to smaller prizes, fewer spectators, a breeding recession, fewer owners, and the closing of more courses."
Crawford was a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.[7]