Ken Green (footballer)
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| Ken Green | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Green | |
| Date of birth | 27 April 1924 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Date of death | June 2001 (aged 77) | |
| Place of death | Sutton Coldfield, England | |
| Playing position | Full back | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1940–194? | Millwall | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1943–1959 | Birmingham City | 401 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 1954 | England B | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kenneth "Ken" Green (27 April 1924 – June 2001) was an English footballer who played as a full back.
Born in West Ham, London, Green played for Birmingham City from 1943 to 1959, making 443 appearances in all competitions and scoring 2 goals, and played in the 1956 FA Cup final which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3-1. He earned two England B caps in 1954, and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. However, he never made a senior appearance for England. Green died in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, at the age of 77.
[edit] Honours
Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1947–48, 1954–55
- FA Cup finalist: 1956
[edit] References
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
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