Editing Hasely Crawford (section)

==Early years==
Crawford was born in [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago]], one of the eleven children of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17. He is a six-time Trinidad and Tobago 100 metres champion, and won the 200 metre title in 1976. He debuted internationally in 1970, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the [[1970 British Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the 100 metres final of the Olympics in [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]], but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.