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.
Phil Crowe Windsor, Co. Phil Crowe Philip Ross Crowe (born April 14, 1970) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, and the Nashville Predators between 1994 and 2000. Hailing from Red Deer, Alberta, Crowe played for the Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Undrafted, he signed as a free agent in 1993 with the Los Angeles Kings. He later played 16 games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1995-96 season before spending parts of three seasons with the Ottawa Senators. Crowe was claimed