Percy Crawford

Religious Leader

Birthday October 20, 1902

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Minnesota

DEATH DATE Oct 31, 1960 (58)

#272969 Most Popular

About

The first documented televangelist who founded the religious program Youth on the March in 1949.

Before Fame

He dropped out of school to help support his family after his father left his mother alone with three children to raise.

Trivia

He founded King's College, a Christian liberal arts college in 1936 and in 1953 he and his team made an 18-week world tour that included three weeks in Korea preaching to American servicemen.

Family Life

He married his wife Ruth Duvall in 1933.

Associated With

He was an early televangelist like Herbert Armstrong.