Ken Green (footballer)

Ken Green
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Green
Date of birth 27 April 1924(1924-04-27)
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 8 June 2001 (aged 77)
Place of death Sutton Coldfield, England
Playing position Full back
Youth career
1940–194x Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1959 Birmingham City 401 (3)
National team
1954 England B 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kenneth "Ken" Green (27 April 1924 – 8 June 2001) was an English footballer born in West Ham, London, who played as a full back. He played for Birmingham City from 1943 to 1959, making 443 appearances in all competitions and scoring 3 goals,[1] and played in the 1956 FA Cup final which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3-1.[2] He earned two England B caps in 1954,[3] and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[4] However, he never made a senior appearance for England.[1] Green died in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, at the age of 77.[5]

Honours

Birmingham City

References