*Bill "Crutch" Crutchfield
Year: | 2011 |
Team: | Baseball |
Bill “Crutch” Crutchfield (Baseball, 1940 &
1941): LBCC Team Captain & All-Conference (1941) … top
hitter with .459 batting average … U.S. Marine Corps Dive
Bomber Pilot (1942-1945) … one of most decorated Marine
Corps pilots in World War II with 18 Air Medals (including 2 Bronze
Stars, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses & Presidential Citations)
… USC Baseball (1946-1947) – Captain &
All-American (1947) … played in AAA Pacific Coast League
& Boston Red Sox organization (1947 & 1948) …
coached 32 Years at Long Beach Jordan & Long Beach Wilson High
Schools (1950-1982) … inducted into Wilson High School Hall
of Fame (1982) … inducted into City of Long Beach Baseball
Hall of Fame (2009).
* - Emeritus Inductee