Ken Green (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Green | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 June 2001 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1940–194? | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1943–1959 | Birmingham City | 401 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1954 | England B | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Kenneth Green (27 April 1924 – 7 June 2001) was an English footballer 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][6]
Honours
Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1947–48, 1954–55
- FA Cup finalist: 1956
References
- 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Matthews, Tony. Birmingham City: A Complete Record. p. 191.
- ↑ Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ "England in World Cup 1954 Squad Records". England Football Online. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ↑ Johnson, Steve (9 June 2001). "Ken Green – A true Blue Birmingham City favourite dies aged 77". Evening Mail (Birmingham). Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Ken Green". Hugman's Footballers. Barry J. Hugman. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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