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Herbert J Crofts 1891 - 1989

Herbert J Crofts was born on August 11, 1891, and died at age 97 years old on February 10, 1989. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Herbert J Crofts.
Herbert J Crofts
August 11, 1891
February 10, 1989
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  • 08/11
    1891

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    August 11, 1891
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  • 02/10
    1989

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    February 10, 1989
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    Herbert J Crofts lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1891, in the year that Herbert J Crofts was born, James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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In 1924, Herbert was 33 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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