National Football Foundation

An NFF member for more than 30 years, Roger Crosley has been committed to football and giving back to amateur football players throughout the Northeast.
 
After playing high school football as a running back and safety, Crosley earned his Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY College at Brockport in 1978 before earning his master’s from Syracuse University in 1980.
 
Crosley went on to become the secretary, treasurer and information director of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference from 1987-1996 while also being a part of the Kodak/Hewlett Packard Division III All-America Selection Committee. Crosley was the Media Relations Director for the New England Football Conference from 1997-2016 while  serving as an executive board member for the New England Football Writers Association from 1988-2016, before becoming Chair in 2017. Additionally, he became the color commentator for Bentley University (Mass.) football webcasts starting in 2010. 
 
A member of the NFF since 1987, Crosley has held multiple leadership roles within the Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter. He served as the chapter’s treasurer from 2006-10 before becoming the chapter’s executive director from 2010-18. Crosley has played a pivotal role in growing the chapter, including coordinating a membership drive that increased membership by more than 100 percent. He added a collegiate scholar-athlete-citizen award, and he solicited and secured the largest sponsorship gift in chapter history.
 
Recognizing the immense impact Crosley has made, the chapter now awards the Roger Crosley Chapter Contributor Award, which goes to a person for outstanding work in promoting the ideals and values of the sport of football and continued support of the mission of the National Football Foundation.
 
“Football has been a driving force throughout my adult life,” said Crosley. “It has offered me opportunities to hone my leadership skills, but more importantly given me the opportunity to meet and get to know the incredible men who play, coach, officiate and administer this magnificent game. Any contribution I have made to the game is dwarfed by what the game has given me both on and off the field. With the exception of the guidance of my parents, football has been my greatest teacher of the values of teamwork, leadership, work ethic and camaraderie, just to name a few.”
 
Crosley lives in Clinton, New York, and loves watching college football and the New York Yankees and going on bike rides.