Hall of Fame induction: 1995
One of the all-time great Delaware high school track & field Coaches. Crowther’s Mt. Pleasant teams included two Division I team champions between 1959 and 1984. He developed many great individual champions including Rod Lambert, Mike Seitz, Keith Saddler, Paul Olivere, John Pfotzer, Dan Foran, Jim Gano Bob Tjaden, and those exceptional weight men Bill MacLaughlan and Dave Crew.
Bill has been the discus crew chief at the Penn Relays or 14 years, and a respected official of weight throws at the national Indoor and Outdoor Championships, the IC4A Championships, the Colonial Relays, and our High School Championships, all for 12 or more years. He also served as crew chief at the 1988 International Youth Games, and was on the discus crew at the World University Games at Buffalo in 1993.
Bill was honored to be selected as an Olympic official for the 1984 games in Los Angeles. Crowther served as director of the DSSAA track & field committee for thirteen years.