Joseph H. Crabtree 1943 - 2021
Joseph H. Crabtree passed away suddenly on Monday, January 18, 2021, in Tampa, Florida, of COVID-19 pneumonia. He was 77 years old.
Joe was born to Joseph and Margaret Crabtree on December 30, 1943, in Trenton, New Jersey. He had a happy childhood growing up in Follansbee, West Virginia.
Joe attended The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he played football, basketball and ran track. He later attended Ferrum Junior College, where he played on the 1965 NJCAA national football championship team under head coach W. H. Hank Norton. His love of sports made him into a self-proclaimed “sports junkie.” Joe had a broad knowledge of interesting sports trivia.