Charles B. "Chuck" Greene
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maccabiah Games | |||
Competitor for  United States |
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| Gold | 1985 Tel Aviv, Israel | Javelin | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mid-American Conference Finals | ||
| Bronze | 1980 De Kalb, IL | Javelin |
| Bronze | 1979 Ypsilanti, MI | Javelin |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Central Collegiate Conference Finals | ||
| Gold | 1981 East Lansing, MI | Javelin |
| Silver | 1980 Bowling Green, OH | Javelin |
| Bronze | 1979 South Bend, IN | Javelin |
Born (1957) in Athens, Ohio, raised in Detroit; Chuck Greene is a 1976 graduate of Mackenzie High School. Greene later worked as an Announcer/Director for (CBS affiliate) WKZO-TV while earning a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Western Michigan University. At WMU, Greene made the improbable progression from walk-on track and field athlete, to three-year letter winner and team captain.
Greene was twice the Mid-American Conference bronze medalist in the javelin throw (1979 & 1980); in 1981, Chuck won the Central Collegiate Conference title. By virtue of his eighth place finish at the 1981 National Collegiate Championships, Greene was named to the NCAA All-American Team; he is the only non-scholarship athlete in WMU history to win that honor. Chuck Greene threw the javelin at the 1981 and 1986 USOC National Sports Festival; he also competed at the USA Track and Field Championships (1981-1984 & 1986). The highlight of Chuck Greene's track and field career would come in 1985, with a gold medal at the Twelfth World Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel
In 1987, after several years in commercial television, Greene accepted a field sales position with the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation. During the late 1990s, Chuck Greene earned his teaching credentials and Master's Degree through Antioch University's McGregor School of Education. Greene's Master's publication, Inherit the Count (2003), focuses on the City of Detroit and its public schools during the second-half of the twentieth century.
Chuck Greene remains active in the sport of javelin throwing; since 1996 he has consistently ranked at or near the top among United States Masters athletics performers.
