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.
Ray Crowe Ray Crowe Ray Crowe (May 30, 1915 — December 20, 2003) was a basketball coach, educator, school administrator, and public official in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known as the head basketball coach of Crispus Attucks High School from 1950 to 1957. His teams won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956, the first all-black school to win a state championship in the country, and the first Indianapolis team to win the Hoosier state tourney. He coached numerous Indiana All-Star players, including Oscar Robertson, Hallie Bryant, and Willie Meriweather. Crowe was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of