Russell Crowe Two of his cousins, Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe, captained the Black Caps New Zealand international cricket team. Crowe has been a supporter of the rugby league football team the South Sydney Rabbitohs since childhood. Since his rise to fame as an actor, he has continued appearing at home games, and supported the financially troubled club. Following the Super League war of the 1990s Crowe made an attempt to use his Hollywood connections to convince Ted Turner, rival of Super League's Rupert Murdoch, to save the Rabbitohs before they were forced from the National Rugby League competition for two years.
Edward Crowe Edward Crowe Sir Edward Thomas Frederick Crowe KCMG (1877-1960), was a senior British civil servant and diplomat. Born on the Greek island of Zakynthos on 20 August 1877, Edward Crowe was educated at Bedford School. In 1897 he joined the Diplomatic Service and was appointed as a student interpreter in Japan. By 1901, he had been promoted to be Vice-Consul at the British Consulate in Yokohama. In 1903 he was appointed Vice-Consul at the British Consulate in Kobe and, in 1904, he was appointed Acting Consul at the British Consulate in Tamsui District. Between 1906 and 1918 he was Commercial