The Crusaders

Crusader or Crusaders most commonly refers to:

Crusaders, the participants in one of the Crusades, religious wars of the High Middle Ages Crusader, Crusaders and variations may also refer to:

== Military == Convair NB-36H, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber nicknamed 'The Crusader' 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 HMS Crusader, three British ships Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War Crusaders, former nickname of VMFA-122, a United States Marine Corps unit XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project

== Arts, entertainment, and media ==

=== 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 === The Crusaders (1918 film), an Italian film The Crusader (1932 film), a film starring Evelyn Brent The Crusaders (2001 film), an Italian television mini-series Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy

=== 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 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 "The Crusaders", a 1992 DC Comics relaunch of Mighty Crusaders, a comics superhero team

=== Games === Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series Crusader: Adventure Out of Time, a 1997 video game Stronghold: Crusader, 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 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 "The Crusaders", the initial name of Southern Knights, a comic series started in 1982 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 Gilford 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

== Other uses == The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S. Crusaders, the 1906-2006 name of Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom

== See also ==

All pages with titles containing crusaders All pages with titles containing crusader Crusade (disambiguation) Mujahid (disambiguation) Mujahideen, participants in jihad ("crusade" or "struggle")