Russell Green (footballer)

Russell Green (13 August 1933 – 21 April 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]

Russell Green
Personal information
Full name Norman Russell Green
Date of birth (1933-08-13)13 August 1933
Place of birth Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death 21 April 2012(2012-04-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Corby Town ? (?)
1957–1964 Lincoln City 125 (8)
– Gainsborough Trinity ? (?)
Managerial career
1964–1971 Gainsborough Trinity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Donington, Green made 125 appearances in the Football League for Lincoln City between 1957 and 1964,[2][3] and also played non-league football for Corby Town and Gainsborough Trinity.

Russell Green, a former blacksmith's apprentice, was an exceptionally strong and fit player, once described as 'a "they shall not pass" sort of player'.[4] He was part of Lincoln City's famous "Great Escape" team of 1957–58, which seemed doomed to relegation from Division 2, but then narrowly avoided the drop by winning all their last 6 games.[5]

Although wing-half was probably his favoured position, Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson frequently played the versatile Green at fullback. During the 1961–62 season he also served a stint playing at centre forward, and scored a match-winning hat trick when Lincoln beat Newport County 3–2.[6]

Subsequently, as captain and player coach at Gainsborough Trinity, Green again played in a variety of positions, this time including centre-half. He led Trinity to the Midlands Counties League championship in the 1966–67 season.[7]

References
  1. "Russell Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. "Profile". RedImps.com.
  4. N.H.B. "City one step nearer to safety", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' ' Lincoln 24 April 1958.
  5. Halford, Brian. "Past Imperfect - the Story of Lincoln City", The Parrs Wood Press, Manchester, 2000. ISBN 1-903158-04-4
  6. N.H.B. "Green hat-trick captures the points", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln 24 March 1962.
  7. The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln April 1967.



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