Crusader

Crusader or Crusaders may refer to:

Military

• Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades
• Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber
• Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
• Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army
• F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
• XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8
• , three British ships
• Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War
• VMFA-122 Crusaders, United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122
• XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons character Class
• Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics
• Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy
• Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
• Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
• Crusaders (DC Comics), a name used by a team of DC Comics superheroes
• Crusaders (Marvel Comics), a name by a similar team from Marvel Comics
• Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
• , the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime

Music

Albums

• Crusader (Chris de Burgh album), released in 1979
• Crusader (Saxon album), released in 1984
• The Crusader (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe

Groups

• The Crusaders (jazz fusion group), an American jazz/jazz fusion group, formerly the Jazz Crusaders
• The Crusaders (garage band), a 1960s garage band from Los Angeles who released first Gospel rock record
• The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group
• Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps
• Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps

Films

• Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
• "Crusaders" (original title Krzyżacy means "Crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
• The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
• The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
• The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
• The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series

Games

• Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series
• ', a 1997 video game
• ', a 2001 computer strategy game

Literature

• Crusader (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
• Crusader (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass
• The Crusaders, a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym
• The Crusaders. An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century, an 1820 novel by Louisa Stanhope

Periodicals

Many newspapers have used The Crusader as a title, including:

• Crusader, a newspaper of the African Blood Brotherhood
• Crusader, a publication of College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Crusader, a newspaper of The Knights Party
• The East St. Louis Crusader, a former newspaper in East St. Louise for African Americans
• The New Orleans Crusader, also known as the Crusader and Weekly Crusader, a publication that carried entries from Rodolphe Desdunes

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Crusader (TV series), a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith
• Southern Knights, a comic series originally called the Crusaders in their first issue
• The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery

Sports

Athletics teams

• Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, Iowa
• Belmont Abbey College Crusaders, the athletic teams of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
• Capital Crusaders, the athletic teams of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
• Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York
• Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School
• Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross
• North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina
• Pensacola Catholic Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School
• Riordan Crusaders, the sports teams of Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California
• Univ. of Dallas Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas

Cricket teams

• Kandy Crusaders, a Sri Lankan domestic T20 cricket team

Football teams

• Amsterdam Crusaders, an American football team from the Netherlands
• Carlstad Crusaders, an American football team from Sweden
• Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland

Ice hockey teams

• Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976

Rugby league teams

• London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders
• Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
• North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above

Rugby union teams

• Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
• Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji

Other uses in sports

• Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), a United States racehorse
• Lucas Oil Crusader, a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series

Transportation

Civilian aircraft and ships

• Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died
• American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation
• Cessna T303 Crusader, a civilian aircraft
• Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers

Civilian ground vehicles

• Crusader (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
• Crusader, a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade
• Crusader, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
• Royal Enfield Crusader Sports, a 248cc motorcycle of the 1960s

Other uses

• The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
• Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom previously known as Crusaders

See also

• Crusade (disambiguation)
• Mujahid (disambiguation)
• Mujahideen, participants in jihad ("crusade" or "struggle")