Brian Green (footballer)

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Brian Green
Personal information
Full nameBrian Geoffrey Green
Date of birth(1935-06-05)5 June 1935
Place of birthDroylsden, England
Date of death14 August 2012(2012-08-14) (aged 77)[1]
Place of deathRochdale, England
Playing positionCentre Forward
Youth career
1953–1954Haggate Lads
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1958Rochdale46(8)
1958–1959Southport20(7)
1959–1960Colwyn Bay
1960–1961Barrow3(0)
1961–1962Altrincham22(7)
1962–1963Exeter City9(1)
1963Chesterfield2(0)
1963Mossley
1964Sydney Prague
Teams managed
1975–1976Australia
1976–1977Rochdale
1980–1982Bryne
1986–1987Start
1989, 1991Egersunds
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Brian Geoffrey Green (5 June 1935 – 14 August 2012) is a former football coach and player. As a player he competed in the Football League as a forward in the 1950s and 1960s for Rochdale, Southport, Barrow, Exeter City and Chesterfield.[2]

Green was later coach of the Australian national football team in 1975 and 1976.[3] He left after being charged and convicted of stealing two LP records.[4]

Green coached in Norway with Bryne from 1980 to 1982,[5] and with Start in 1986–87.[6] He later also managed Egersunds in division four in two seasons, 1989 and 1991.

He also had a spell as a coach in Leeds United.[7]

References

  1. "Former manager dies aged 77". Fansnetwork.co.uk. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012. 
  2. Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
  3. Stats "Australian player database - GR". Oz Football. Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  4. "Australia's soccer coach put on bond". The Age (Google News Archive). 12 February 1976. Retrieved 22 March 2010. 
  5. "Brynes Trenere gjennom tidene". Bryne Magasinet (in Norwegian): 22. February 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012. 
  6. "Historisk oversikt: Trenere" (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. "Complete A-Z of players 1919-2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
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