George Green | |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1912 |
Birth Place: | Wales |
Years1: | 1935–193x |
Clubs1: | Espanyol |
Caps1: | 14 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 1938–1939 |
Clubs2: | Charlton Athletic |
Nationalyears1: | 1938–1939 |
Nationalteam1: | Wales |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
George Green (born 12 November 1912) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1938 and 1939, playing 4 matches.
Landing at Spanish club Espanyol on 29 August 1935, Green was the first Welshman to have played in Spain at the time, making his debut in a 1–1 tie with CF Badalona in the Catalonia Championship and showing good touches of the ball. It was in a 3–0 victory over Osasuna that the defender-cum-midfielder delivered his first goal, leaving to London where he planned to marry, take a vacation, and return to Spain; but, on account of the Spanish Civil War, he never went back to the country.[1]
He played his first match on 16 March 1938 against Ireland and his last match on 21 May 1939 against France.[2]