Russell Green
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norman Russell Green | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Donington, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 April 2012 (aged 78) | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Corby Town | ? | (?) |
| 1957–1964 | Lincoln City | 125 | (8) |
| – | Gainsborough Trinity | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Russell Green (13 August 1933 – 21 April 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Career
Born in Donington, Green made 125 appearances in the Football League for Lincoln City between 1957 and 1964,[1][2] and also played non-league football for Corby Town and Gainsborough Trinity.
Russell Green, a former blacksmith's apprentice, was an exceptionally strong and fit player, once described as 'a "they shall not pass" sort of player'.[3] He was part of Lincoln City's famous "Great Escape" team of 1957-58, which seemed doomed to relegation from Division 2, but then narrowly avoided the drop by winning all their last 6 games.[4]
Although wing-half was probably his favoured position, Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson frequently played the versatile Green at fullback. During the 1961-62 season he also served a stint playing at centre forward, and scored a match-winning hatrick when Lincoln beat Newport County 3-2.[5]
Subsequently, as captain and player coach at Gainsborough Trinity, Green again played in a variety of positions, this time including centre-half. He led Trinity to the Midlands Counties League championship in the 1966-67 season.[6]
References
- ↑ "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ "Profile". RedImps.com.
- ↑ N.H.B. "City one step nearer to safety", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' ' Lincoln 24 April 1958.
- ↑ Halford, Brian. "Past Imperfect - the Story of Lincoln City", The Parrs Wood Press, Manchester, 2000. ISBN 1-903158-04-4
- ↑ N.H.B. "Green hat-trick captures the points", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln 24 March 1962.
- ↑ The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln April 1967.