Ken Green (footballer, born 1924)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Green[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 April 1924||
Place of birth | Plaistow,[1] London, England | ||
Date of death | 7 June 2001[1] | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
Position(s) | 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) |
* 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,[2] and played in the 1956 FA Cup final which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3–1.[3] He earned two England B caps in 1954,[4] and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[5] However, he never made a senior appearance for England.[2] Green died in Sutton Coldfield in 2001 at the age of 77.[1][6]
Honours[]
Birmingham City
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1947–48, 1954–55
- FA Cup finalist: 1955–56
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Ken Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ a b 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 4 May 2017.
- ^ "England in Switzerland 1954". England Football Online. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Johnson, Steve (9 June 2001). "Ken Green – A true Blue Birmingham City favourite dies aged 77". Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 22 April 2012 – via NewsBank.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2001 deaths
- Footballers from West Ham
- English footballers
- England B international footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- FA Cup Final players
- English football defender, 1920s birth stubs