Eddie Crowder, who was head football coach and athletic director during his tenure at CU, died Tuesday night at the age of 77.

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Colorado coach Eddie Crowder is carried off the field by his jubilant players after their 31-21 victory over Miami in the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1967.
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Former University of Colorado football coaches Eddie Crowder, left, and Bill McCartney, right, pose with head coach Dan Hawkins. Crowder coached from 1963 to 1973, and McCartney coached from 1982 to 1994 leading the Buffs to a national championship in 1990.
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CU coach Eddie Crowder celebrates one of his 67 victories with the Buffs.
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Eddie Crowder was part of the Oklahoma dynasty of the 1950s and was an All-American quarterback for the Sooners in 1952. He is a member of the Oklahoma hall of fame.
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CU coach Eddie Crowder, who played quarterback at Oklahoma, talks with his young quarterbacks. Hale Irwin, U.S. Open winner and All-Big 8 safety at CU, is the player on the upper right. Irwin played quarterback at Boulder High.
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Current CU AD Mike Bohn laughs with former AD Eddie Crowder, who died Tuesday at the age of 77.
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Former Buffalo football coach and AD, Eddie Crowder, gives Dan Hawkins a pat before the Colorado football recruiting press conference at the Dal Ward Center on Feb. 6.
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Former CU coach Eddie Crowder talks with quarterback Cody Hawkins last summer. Crowder, 77, died late Tuesday.
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Eddie Crowder runs down the field as quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners.
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