Jack Green (soccer) explained

Jack Green
Fullname:John Green
Birth Place:Blackpool, England
Death Date:December 13, 1960
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Position:Inside forward
Years1:1924–1926
Clubs1:Montreal Carsteel
Years2:1926–1927
Clubs2:Providence
Caps2:35
Goals2:6
Years3:1927
Clubs3:Montreal Carsteel
Years4:1928–1929
Clubs4:Providence
Caps4:37
Goals4:14
Years5:1929–1930
Clubs5:Montreal CNR

John "Jack" Green was an English-Canadian soccer inside forward who played professionally in Canada and the American Soccer League.

In 1924, Green began his career with Montreal Carsteel. In the fall of 1926, Green moved south to join Providence F.C. of the American Soccer League.In May 1927, Green was back with Carsteel.[1] In August 1927, he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident which nearly cost him his life.[2] He took nearly a year to recover. When he did, he returned to Providence F.C. for the 1928–29 American Soccer League season. That year, he finished the season ranked fifteenth on the league’s scoring list.[3] In 1929, he returned to Canada where he played for Montreal CNR in the National Soccer League.[4] That year, CNR won the Canada FA Trophy.[5] In 1930, Green and his teammates fell to the Westminster Royals in a three-game final.

Green may have played for Grenadier Guards during his career, but in 1937, he was still playing for Montreal CNR, now known as CNR Scottish.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.scottishleague.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=589&start=0 Scottish FA Tour Canada 1927
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19270924&id=-rstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6278,3747948 Carsteel to play selected team at Thornton tomorrow in aid of player
  3. Web site: The Year in American Soccer – 1929 . 2012-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713141019/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1929.html . 2013-07-13 . dead .
  4. Book: Jose, Colin. Keeping Score - Canadian Encyclopedia of Soccer. The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. 1998. 0-9683800-0-X. Vaughan, Ontario. 154.
  5. http://canadiansoccerhistory.com/National/National%20Champions%20FA%20Trophy.html Canada FA Trophy