Ken Green (footballer, born 1924)

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Ken Green
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Green[1]
Date of birth (1924-04-27)27 April 1924[1]
Place of birth Plaistow,[1] London, England
Date of death 7 June 2001(2001-06-07) (aged 77)[1]
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)
International career
1954 England B 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7]
Club Season League FA Cup Fairs Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 1947–48 Second Division 35 0 1 0 — 36 0
1948–49 First Division 41 0 3 0 — 44 0
1949–50 First Division 29 0 1 0 — 30 0
1950–51 Second Division 39 1 4 0 — 43 1
1951–52 Second Division 33 1 2 0 — 35 1
1952–53 Second Division 42 0 7 0 — 49 0
1953–54 Second Division 39 0 2 0 — 41 0
1954–55 Second Division 29 0 4 0 — 33 0
1955–56 First Division 28 0 6 0 1 0 35 0
1956–57 First Division 40 0 5 0 2 0 47 0
1957–58 First Division 31 1 0 0 0 0 31 1
1958–59 First Division 15 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
Career total 401 3 35 0 4 0 440 3

Honours[edit]

Birmingham City

Sources[edit]

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ken Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Matthews (1995), p. 91.
  3. ^ Matthews (1995), p. 191.
  4. ^ Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "England in Switzerland 1954". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^ Johnson, Steve (9 June 2001). "Ken Green – A true Blue Birmingham City favourite dies aged 77". Evening Mail. Birmingham. p. 5. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via NewsBank.
  7. ^ Matthews (2010), pp. 330–353, 473.
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