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.
Sanford Johnston Crowe Sanford Johnston Crowe Sanford Johnston Crowe (February 14, 1868 – August 23, 1931) was a political figure in Vancouver, British Columbia who served in the Parliament of Canada in both the House of Commons and the Senate. Crowe was born in Truro, Nova Scotia. He moved to Vancouver in 1888 as a young man and entered contractor, died in Vancouver aged 63. He was born February 14, 1868 in Truro, NS, moved to Vancouver in 1888 and became a contractor establishing his own firm with a partner, Crowe and Wilson. He retired in 1909 to enter politics and was elected