Ken Green (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ken Green


fullname = Kenneth Green
dateofbirth = birth date|1924|4|27|df=y
cityofbirth = London
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = June 2001 (aged 77)
cityofdeath = Sutton Coldfield
countryofdeath = England
height =
position = Full back
youthyears = 1940–194?
youthclubs = Millwall
years = 1943–1959
clubs = Birmingham City
caps(goals) = 401 (3)
nationalyears = 1954
nationalteam = England B
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 (0)

Kenneth "Ken" Green (27 April 1924 – June 2001) was an English footballer who played as a full back.

Born in West Ham, London, Green played for Birmingham City from 1943 to 1959, making 443 appearances in all competitions and scoring 2 goals, and played in the 1956 FA Cup final which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3-1. He earned two England B caps in 1954, and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. However, he never made a senior appearance for England. Green died in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, at the age of 77.

Honours

Birmingham City
* Football League Second Division runner-up: 1947–48, 1954–55
* FA Cup finalist: 1956

References

*cite book |author=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=p. 91 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html England - International Results B-Team - Details]

Persondata
NAME = Green, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 27 April 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH = West Ham, London, England
DATE OF DEATH = June 2001
PLACE OF DEATH = Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England