John Green (guard)

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John Green

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1924-09-15)September 15, 1924 Kent, Indiana
Died	August 4, 1981(1981-08-04) (aged 56) Nashville, Tennessee
Playing career
1942 1943–1945	Tulane Army
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946 1954 1960–1962 1963–1966 1967	Army (assistant) Tulane (line) Florida (DC) Vanderbilt Kansas (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	7–29–4
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards All-American, 1944 All-American, 1945

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1989 (profile)

John "Jack" Green (September 15, 1924 – August 4, 1981) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Tulane University in 1942 and was then appointed to the United States Military Academy where he played from 1943 to 1945. At Army, Green was a two-time All-American and played on consecutive national championship-winning teams in 1944 and 1945. Green served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 1963 to 1966, compiling a record of 7–29–4. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1989.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1963–1966)
1963	Vanderbilt	1–7–2	0–5–2	10th
1964	Vanderbilt	3–6–1	1–4–1	9th
1965	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	1–5	T–9th
1966	Vanderbilt	1–9	0–5	9th
Vanderbilt:		7–29–4	2–19–3
Total:		7–29–4

References

External links

John Green at the College Football Hall of Fame
John Green at the College Football Data Warehouse

Vanderbilt Commodores head football coaches

Elliott Jones (1890–1892)
W. J. Keller (1893)
Henry Worth Thornton (1894)
C. L. Upton (1895)
R. G. Acton (1896–1898)
James L. Crane (1899–1900)
Walter H. Watkins (1901–1902)
James H. Henry (1903)
Dan McGugin (1904–1917)
Ray Morrison (1918)
Dan McGugin (1919–1934)
Ray Morrison (1935–1939)
Henry Russell Sanders (1940–1942)
Ernest Alley (1943)
Doby Bartling (1944–1945)
Henry Russell Sanders (1946–1948)
Bill Edwards (1949–1952)
Arthur Guepe (1953–1962)
John Green (1963–1966)
Bill Pace (1967–1972)
Steve Sloan (1973–1974)
Fred Pancoast (1975–1978)
George MacIntyre (1979–1985)
Watson Brown (1986–1990)
Gerry DiNardo (1991–1994)
Rod Dowhower (1995–1996)
Woody Widenhofer (1997–2001)
Bobby Johnson (2002–2009)
Robbie Caldwell (2010)
James Franklin (2011–2013)
Derek Mason (2014– )

v t e 1945 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

HB Glenn Davis HB Bob Fenimore HB Herman Wedemeyer FB Doc Blanchard C Vaughn Mancha G Warren Amling G John Green T Tex Coulter T George Savitsky E Hub Bechtol E Dick Duden E Max Morris E Bob Ravensberg

Persondata
Name	Green, John
Alternative names	Green, Jack
Short description	All-American college football player, college football coach, U.S. Army officer
Date of birth	September 15, 1924
Place of birth	Kent, Indiana, United States
Date of death	August 4, 1981
Place of death	Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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