Horace Green Explained

Horace Green
Fullname:Horace Green
Birth Date:23 April 1918
Birth Place:Barnsley, England
Death Date:July 2000 (aged 82)
Position:Right half / Full back
Clubs1:Worsbrough Bridge O.B.
Years2:1936–1949
Caps2:155
Goals2:5
Years3:1949–1955
Caps3:212
Goals3:14
Totalcaps:367
Totalgoals:19

Horace Green (23 April 1918 – July 2000) was an English professional footballer who made 367 appearances in the Football League playing for Halifax Town and Lincoln City. He played as a right half or full back.

Life and career

Green was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He began his football career with Worsbrough Bridge Old Boys, before joining Football League Third Division North club Halifax Town in July 1936. He made his debut in the 1937–38 season, and remained with the club until February 1949, although the Second World War interrupted his league career for seven years. He moved on to Lincoln City, where he was a regular in the starting eleven for five years, making his last first-team appearance in October 1954.

Green died in July 2000.