Billy Green | |
Fullname: | William Green |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1927[1] |
Birth Place: | Hull, England |
Death Place: | Northampton, England[2] |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Years1: | 1945–1949 |
Clubs1: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1949–1954 |
Clubs2: | Walsall |
Caps2: | 180 |
Goals2: | 8 |
Years3: | 1954–1957 |
Clubs3: | Wrexham |
Caps3: | 60 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Clubs4: | Wellington Town |
Clubs5: | Caernarfon Town |
Clubs6: | Pwllheli |
Club-Update: | 23:17, 19 March 2018 (UTC) |
William Green (9 October 1927 – 1996) was an English footballer, who played as a defender.
Green came up through the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth team, however did not make a senior appearance with the club. He would move to Walsall in 1949.
At Walsall, however, he would secure a first team spot, being an ever-present in two consecutive seasons for the club and making a total of 180 appearances.
In 1954 he would move to Wrexham spending three years at the club. Whilst there, in a match with Gateshead on 22 December 1956, where, during an altercation with Gateshead forward Bill Brown, he was punched unconscious by Brown. Green did not remember what had happened in a post-match interview.[3]
He left Wrexham in 1957, going on to play for Wellington Town, Caernarfon Town and Pwllheli.
Green died in 1996.