Jim Crowther

Jim Crowther

Full Name:  James P. Crowther, Jr
     Born:  February 12, 1933, New York, N.Y.
     Died:  September 9, 2015, Hendersonville, N.C.

FSU Career

Swimming & Diving
Year Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 52-53 5-6 135 Jr Tallahassee
Tennis
Year Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1951 5-6 135 Fr Tallahassee 1953 5-6 135 Jr Tallahassee 1954 5-6 135 Sr * Tallahassee

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Obituary for James P. Crowther Jr.
Published in The Times-News, Burlington, NC on Sept. 12, 2015.

Rev. James P. "Jim" Crowther Jr, 82, passed away at Pardee Hospital on September 9th, 2015. Jim was born in New York City, New York, to the late Comm. James and Charlotte Rollard-Crowther. He attended the St. Andrews School for middle and high school in Manchester Tennessee. Upon graduation he attended Florida State University, where he played tennis and graduated with a degree in Arts and Science. After completing his degree at Florida State University, he attended Sewanee School of Divinity in Sewanee, TN. Jim was trained as a medical missionary at Harvard University and served as a missionary in West Africa during the 1950's. He was an avid tennis enthusiast and served as an official referee in the U.S. Open in New York City. In Addition to his ministry duties, he served at head tennis coach and assistant football coach at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greensboro, NC. During his years in the ministry he served in many churches in the Dioseis of South Carolina and Georgia. Rev. Crowther is survived by a niece Leslie Saunders of Kamas, Utah.

FSU Statistics

Tennis

Singles Results
      Highest   vs          3    Fall/Spring
Year    Rank   Rank  ACC   Sets  Tournaments   1     2     3     4     5     6    NCAA Total
---- -------- ----- ----- -----  ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
1954                                                                         0-1         0-1
Tot                                                                          0-1         0-1


Doubles Results
                                 Highest   vs         Tie   Fall/Spring
Partner                     Year   Rank   Rank  ACC  Break  Tournaments   1     2     3    NCAA Total
--------------------------- ---- ------- ----- ----- -----  ----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Dan Boda                    1951                                          1-0                     1-0
Tom Morgan                  1954                       1-0                      1-0   1-0         2-0
Jack Egan                   1954                                                      0-1         0-1
Totals                                                 1-0                1-0   1-0   1-1         3-1


Singles          Opp
  Date     Rank Rank Pos Opponent                  School               W-L Score                Record
---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------
05/01/1954            6  Dick Gardner              Florida Southern Col  L  6-3, 6-1               0- 1


Doubles          Opp
  Date     Rank Rank Pos Partner                   Opponent                                 School               W-L Score                Record
---------- ---- ---- --- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------- --- -------------------- ------
05/02/1951            1  Dan Boda                  Don Adams/Midge Verplank                 Florida Southern Col  W  6-0, 6-0               1- 0
04/13/1954            3  Jack Egan                 Sam Fleming/Stan Steinberg               Georgia               L  8-6, 6-4               1- 1
04/20/1954            3  Tom Morgan                Gene Plummer/Carter Smith                Mercer                W  6-4, 3-6, 6-4          2- 1
04/27/1954            2  Tom Morgan                Al Cazin/Ben Fielding                    Tampa                 W  7-5, 6-1               3- 1