Vee Green
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 9, 1900 Oakwood, Illinois |
| Died | May 12, 1967 (aged 66) Urbana, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Illinois |
| 1926 | Louisville Colonels |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1927 | Waukegan HS (IL) |
| 1928–1932 | Oklahoma City |
| 1933–1946 | Drake |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1933 | Oklahoma City |
| 1944–1946 | Drake |
| Baseball | |
| 1940–1942 | Drake |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1933 | Oklahoma City |
| 1940–? | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 103–72–10 (college football) 32–41 (college basketball) 24–7–1 (high school football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Big Four (1931) | |
Vivian Julius "Vee" Green[1] (October 9, 1900 – May 12, 1967) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma City University from 1928 to 1932 and at Drake University from 1933 to 1946. Green was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma City from 1930 to 1933 and at Drake from 1944 to 1946, tallying a career college basketball mark of 32–41. A native of Urbana, Illinois, Green played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1922 to 1923. He played as a center and was a teammate of Red Grange. Green died on May 12, 1967.[2]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1928) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Oklahoma City | 6–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–7th | |||||
| Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Big Four Conference) (1929–1932) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Oklahoma City | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1930 | Oklahoma City | 9–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1931 | Oklahoma City | 12–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1932 | Oklahoma City | 5–5–1 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Oklahoma City: | 37–13–2 | 10–8–1 | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1933–1946) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Drake | 6–3–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1934 | Drake | 3–6–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1935 | Drake | 4–4–2 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1936 | Drake | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1937 | Drake | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1939 | Drake | 5–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1940 | Drake | 4–5 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1941 | Drake | 4–5–1 | 0–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1942 | Drake | 3–7 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1943 | Drake | 4–2 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| 1944 | Drake | 7–2 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| 1945 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1946 | Drake | 2–6–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
| Drake: | 66–59–8 | 24–27–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 103–72–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References[]
- ^ Housh, Leighton, ed. (1937). 1937 Missouri Valley Conference Handbook. Missouri Valley Conference News Bureau.
- ^ "Ex-Grange Teammate, Green, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. May 13, 1967. p. 54. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Vee Green at Find a Grave
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