Edgar Alfred (Ted) Croker (13 February 1924 25 December 1992) was an English football administrator. He was Secretary of the Football Association from 1973 to 1989.Born in Kingston-upon-Thames in 1924, Croker joined the RAF as a pilot in 1942. He sustained injuries in a crash which hampered his later football career. In the late 1940s and 1950s he played as a defender for Charlton Athletic, Dartford and Kidderminster Harriers.He lived in Cheltenham in the 1950s, where he founded the heavy machinery company Liner-Croker Ltd. The company, specializing in earth-moving equipment, grew successfully throughout the 1960s. He sold the company in 1973.