Byrd Crudup, J. C. Smithathletic head, buriedCHARLOTTE. N.C. - ByrdD. Crudup, director of athletics at Johnson C. Smith University, died in a local hospital here last Friday, following a series of extended illnesses.Crudup, son of the late Byrd Crudup and Delia Stork Crudup. was born September 15. 1897 in Edenton.. N.C. He was graduated from the Rindge Manual Training School, Cam* bridge, Mass.His A.B. degree was received from-Lincoln University (Pa.) in-1925. and the M.Ed. degree from Boston University in 1939. He did further* studies at Boston and Harvard- Universities.« • •CRUDUP BEGAN his teaching career at Bartlett HighSchool. St. Joseph. Mo. in 1925He subsequently taught at North Carolina College at Durham, Dillard University, and then Johnson C. Smith University where he was director of athletics until his death.He was a member of theAmerican Association forHealth, Physical Education and recitation; the American Association of University Professors and the Omega Psi PhiFraternity.. .# » •SURVIVORS include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Crudup of Baltimore, Md.; two sisters Mrs.v -1*X •BYRD CRUOUPBessie F. Freeman. Cambridge, Mass. and Mrs. Lillian A. Taylor of Roxbury, Mass.Funeral services were held-Tuesday in the University Church, with burial in Cambridge, Mass.Kitfrell takes 1stEIAC cage crown