George Green (Australian rules footballer)
| George Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | A. George Green | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1882 | ||
| Date of death | 24 December 1949 (aged 67) | ||
| Original team | Port Rovers | ||
| Position(s) | Wingman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1903-1908 | Collingwood | 76 (16) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1908 season. | |||
George Green (5 August 1882 - 24 December 1949)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Green, a wingman, joined Collingwood in 1903 when they were reigning premiers. He broke into the side in the second round of the season and the club won each of the 13 games that he played in that year, but Green missed the finals where they claimed back to back premierships. In 1905 he made his first Grand Final appearance and played on the wing in the loss to Fitzroy.
After retiring as a player, Green turned to umpiring and was a boundary umpire in the 1918 VFL Grand Final, which Collingwood took part in.
References
- ↑ "George Green". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- George Green's statistics from AFL Tables
- Full Points Footy: George Green
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.