Edward L. Greene Explained

Edward L. Greene
Birth Date:29 March 1884
Birth Place:New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Death Place:Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1904–1907
Player Team2:Penn
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1908
Coach Team2:North Carolina
Coach Years3:1909–1913
Coach Team3:North Carolina A&M
Coach Sport4:Baseball
Coach Years5:1912
Coach Team5:North Carolina A&M
Overall Record:28–11–5 (football)
13–6–1 (baseball)
Championships:Football
1 SAIAA (1913)
Awards:All-American, 1906

Edward Lawrence Greene (March 29, 1884 – September 27, 1952) was an American college football player and coach of both college football and college baseball. Greene played football at the University of Pennsylvania as a halfback from 1904 to 1907 and was a consensus selection on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as North Carolina State University—from 1909 to 1913.

Biography

Greene was born on March 29, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]

Greene served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 28–11–5. He was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season, in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906.[2]

Green later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death. He died of a heart attack, on September 27, 1952, in Mamaroneck, New York.[3]

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

  1. Book: Printers' Ink. 1952. 241. Decker Communications, Incorporated. 0196-1160. April 14, 2015.
  2. Book: The Agromeck 1918 . 1912 . . 145 . November 14, 2011.
  3. Web site: Edward L. Greene; President of National Better Business Bureau Dies. select.nytimes.com. April 14, 2015.