John Yocum Randolph Crawford (August 4, 1915 – February 14, 1976) was an American bridge and backgammon player.
In bridge, he was a member of United States teams that won the first three Bermuda Bowls, or world teams championships, in 1950, 1951 and 1953; a wholly new team represented the US in 1954. In backgammon, Crawford is known as the inventor of the "Crawford rule", a regulation that restricts use of the doubling cube in match play.
Crawford was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and died in Manhattan at age 60. He was married to Carol Crawford.
Canasta (New York: JCS Associates, 1950; London: Faber, 1951)
Samba, three-deck canasta (Doubleday, 1951)
How to be a consistent winner in the most popular card games (Doubleday, 1953); revised 1961
Contract bridge (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953), Crawford assisted by Fred L. Karpin
Calypso: how to play and win the fascinating new card game (Doubleday, 1955)
The backgammon book (Viking Press, 1970), Oswald Jacoby and Crawford
The latter was soon translated.
Das Backgammonbuch, German transl. by Jens Schmidt-Prange and Suzanne Gangloff (Munich: Keyser, 1974)
Le livre du backgammon, French transl. by René Orléan, 1975
ACBL Hall of Fame, 1995
Fishbein Trophy 1952, 1957
Herman Trophy 1953
Bermuda Bowl (3) 1950, 1951, 1953
North American Bridge Championships (37)
Vanderbilt (9) 1941, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960
Spingold (5) 1943, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1957
Chicago (now Reisinger) (10) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961
Men's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1956, 1961
Master Mixed Teams (4) 1942, 1945, 1948, 1957
Life Master Pairs (1) 1943
Men's Pairs (1) 1939
Rockwell Mixed Pairs (3) 1948, 1949, 1959
Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1945
Master Individual (1) 1956
Bermuda Bowl (1) 1958
North American Bridge Championships (27)
Vanderbilt (1) 1952
Spingold (4) 1939, 1947, 1955, 1961
Chicago (now Reisinger) (2) 1948, 1950
Men's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1946, 1948, 1959, 1973
Master Mixed Teams (6) 1944, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1973, 1975
Life Master Pairs (5) 1938, 1941, 1947, 1952, 1956
Men's Pairs (1) 1953
Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1947
Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1942
Master Individual (2) 1951, 1958
