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.
Catherine Crowe number of books for children, including versions of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for young readers, "Pippie's Warning; or, Mind Your Temper" (1848), "The Story of Arthur Hunter and his First Shilling" (1861) and "The Adventures of a Monkey" (1862). Catherine Crowe Catherine Ann Crowe, née Stevens, (20 September 1803 in Borough Green, Kent – 14 June 1876 in Folkestone), was an English novelist, story writer and playwright, who also wrote for children. Crowe was educated at home, spending most of her childhood in Kent. She married an army officer, Major John Crowe (1783–1860). They had a son, John William (born 1823),