Brian Green | |
Full Name: | Brian Geoffrey Green |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1935 |
Birth Place: | Droylsden, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Rochdale, England |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 1953–1954 |
Youthclubs1: | Haggate Lads |
Years1: | 1954–1958 |
Caps1: | 46 |
Goals1: | 8 |
Years2: | 1958–1959 |
Caps2: | 20 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 1959–1960 |
Years4: | 1960–1961 |
Caps4: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1961–1962 |
Caps5: | 22 |
Goals5: | 7 |
Years6: | 1962–1963 |
Caps6: | 9 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 1963 |
Caps7: | 2 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1963 |
Years9: | 1964 |
Manageryears1: | 1975–1976 |
Managerclubs1: | Australia |
Manageryears2: | 1976–1977 |
Managerclubs2: | Rochdale |
Manageryears3: | 1980–1982 |
Managerclubs3: | Bryne |
Manageryears4: | 1986–1987 |
Managerclubs4: | Start |
Manageryears5: | 1989, 1991 |
Managerclubs5: | Egersunds |
Brian Geoffrey Green (5 June 1935 – 14 August 2012) is an English former football coach and player. As a player, he competed in the Football League as a forward in the 1950s and 1960s for Rochdale, Southport, Barrow, Exeter City and Chesterfield.[2]
Green was later coach of the Australia national team in 1975 and 1976.[3] [4] [5] Green coached in Norway with Bryne from 1980 to 1982,[6] and with Start in 1986–87.[7] He later also managed Egersunds in division four in two seasons, 1989 and 1991.
He also had a spell as a coach in Leeds United.[8] Green's coaching career also included a successful stint at Chester, with the club reaching the semi-finals of the Football League Cup and winning promotion from the Football League Fourth Division in 1974-75 when he worked alongside manager Ken Roberts.