Doug Green

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**Doug Green**
Personal information
Birth	October 28, 1951,
Recruited from	East Fremante
Height and weight	189 cm / 83 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1970, East Fremantle vs. ?, at ?
Team(s)	East Fremante (1970-79) 180 games South Melbourne (1980) 6 games, 0 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1980 season
Career highlights
1973 Lynn Medal 1974, 1979 East Fremantle premiership player Western Australian state captain

Doug Green (born October 28, 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for East Fremante in the WANFL during the 1970s. He also spent a season with South Melbourne in the VFL.

Green, a defender, was used mostly across half back from his East Fremantle debut in 1970. He won a Lynn Medal in 1973 as East Fremantle's 'Best and fairest' player and finished runner-up in the award on six occasions over the course of his career. Green was at centre half back in their 1974 premiership side and became club captain in 1975, replacing Graham Melrose. He played in his second premiership in 1979, with the Grand Final being his last game for East Fremantle.

Despite announcing his retirement in 1979, he was lured back into action by South Melbourne whom he joined halfway through the 1980 VFL season.

Green regularly represented Western Australia at interstate level with a total of 14 appearances to his name. He made his debut at the 1972 Perth Carnival and within three years was captain of his state, a position he would hold at the 1975 Knockout Carnival.

In 1997, Green was named as a half back flanker in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century'. He is also a member of the Fremantle Football Hall of Legends and in 2007 was included on the interchange bench of the Fremantle Team of Legends .