| Joe Crona |
Full Name: Joseph Smith Crona
Born: March 26, 1927, Pensacola, Fla.
Died: February 23, 2012, Pensacola, Fla.
School: Pensacola High School in Pensacola, Florida
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| FSU Career |
| Football | |
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1947 36 C 5-9 160 Fr * Pensacola 1948 36 C 5-10 175 So Pensacola |
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| Comments |
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Obituary for Joseph Smith Crona Published in the Pensacola News Journal from February 25 to February 27, 2012 |
| FSU Statistics |
| Football |
Season Statistics
Defense
| Tackles | Sacks | Fumble | Pass Defense | Blkd | PAT Attempts | | | |
Year GP | ua a Tot tfl-yds | no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick | kick rsh rcv | fg | saf dxp | td | pts
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
1947 | 0 0 0 0.0- | 0.0- | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
1948 4 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 1- 4 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 1
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot 4 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 1- 4 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 1
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Offense/Kick and Punt Returns
| Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | all
Year GP | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | cmp- att-int yds td lg | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | purp
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
1947 | 0 0.0 | 0.0 | - - | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1948 4 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0 - 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
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Tot 4 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
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Punting and Kicking
| Punting | Kicking
Year GP | no yds avg lg tb fc i20 bk | fgm-fga pct 01-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg kick
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1948 4 | 0.0 | 0- 0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1- 4
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Tot 4 | 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0-0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1-4
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| Football |
Game Participation
| Starts
1948 | GP Off Def
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Oct 9 Cumberland | 1
Oct 16 Erskine College | 1
Oct 23 Millsaps College | 1
Oct 30 Stetson | 1
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Tot | 4 0 0
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Career Tot | 4 0 0
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| Football |
Game Statistics
| Tackles | Sacks | Fumble | Pass Defense | Blkd | PAT Attempts | | | |
1948 | ua a Tot tfl-yds | no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick | kick rsh rcv | fg | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Oct 9 Cumberland | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 1 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
Oct 16 Erskine College | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 1 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
Oct 23 Millsaps College | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 1- 1 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 1
Oct 30 Stetson | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 1 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 1- 4 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 1
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| Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | all
1948 | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | cmp- att-int yds td lg | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Oct 9 Cumberland | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | - 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
Oct 16 Erskine College | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | - 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
Oct 23 Millsaps College | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | - 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
Oct 30 Stetson | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | - 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
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Tot | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
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| Punting | Kicking
1948 | no yds avg lg tb fc i20 bk | fgm-fga pct 01-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg kick
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Oct 9 Cumberland | 0 0.0 | 0- 0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0- 1
Oct 16 Erskine College | 0 0.0 | 0- 0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0- 1
Oct 23 Millsaps College | 0 0.0 | 0- 0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1- 1
Oct 30 Stetson | 0 0.0 | 0- 0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0- 1
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Tot | 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0-0 0.000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 1- 4
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Joseph Smith Crona, age 84, died peacefully at The Haven of
Our Lady of Peace, on Thursday, February 23, 2012. Joe, a native
Pensacolian, was born on March 26, 1927 to Oscar Gregory Crona and Ethel
Smith Crona, in the old Sacred Heart Hospital, on North 12th Avenue. He
attended local schools, graduating from Pensacola High School, where he was
an outstanding football player. Being drafted into the Army during World
War II, he trained with the 82nd Airborne Division and served in France and
Germany until the end of the war. He then attended Florida State
University, where he was a member of the first F.S.U. football team in
1947, playing offensive center, defensive linebacker, and kicker, later
being dubbed "Joe, the Toe" for several game-scoring field goals. He was a
member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, and modeled for McGregor Sports Line.
Being paid in clothes, rather than cash, earned him "Best Dressed on
Campus" at graduation. Graduating with a degree in Economics, Joe returned
to Pensacola, working at the Citizens and Peoples National Bank in the
Trust Department, later being elevated to the Trust Officer. In 1971 he
moved to Commercial National Bank as Executive Vice-President, becoming
President of Commercial and all its successors - Charter National, Century
National, and in 1982, Sun Bank, where he was President/CEO until his
retirement on March 31, 1994, having spent 40 years in the banking
business. He always laughed and said he was president of four banks and
never left his office! Through the years, he was active in The Pensacola
Sports Association, serving as president and tournament director of the
Pensacola Open during its early years at the Pensacola Country Club. He was
a member of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, Committee of 100,
United Way, Navy League, and many Mardi Gras organizations. He was a past
president of Pensacola Country Club and Fiesta of Five Flags, having been a
knight in the Fiesta Court of 1962, and in 1989, he wore the mask of Don
Tristan DeLuna. After his retirement from Sun Bank, he was instrumental in
putting together a Board of Directors for Central Bank of the South, based
in Birmingham, AL, which later became Compass National Bank, now BBVA
Compass, serving as its Chairman of the Board and bank consultant. He was
also part of a group of twelve men that secured the financing and oversaw
the construction of the Memorial to World War II veterans located in
Veterans' Park. He pursued his love of sports and the outdoors, playing
golf and tennis, hunting in the northwest and Alabama, and fishing the gulf
coast. With his father-in-law, Wally Dashiell, he hunted the Texan Hill
Country for 40 years. He followed his beloved Seminoles, attending many of
their games from Tallahassee to Michigan, including a special recognition
event for the fiftieth anniversary of the first team. Joe was predeceased
by his brothers: James Theodore Crona (Tallahassee, FL), Oscar Gregory
Crona (Providence, RI), and Earl Crona (Pensacola, FL) , as well as two
sisters: Louise Crona Tharp (Atlanta, GA) and Thelma M. Crona (Memphis,
TN). He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Diane Dashiell Crona;
daughter, Susan Crona Smart, and two grandchildren, Joseph Trenton Smart
(29 yr.) and Sydney Dashiell Smart (22 yr.), both of Breckinridge, CO, as
well as nieces, nephews and countless friends.