Ken Green | |
Fullname: | Kenneth Green |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1924 |
Birth Place: | Plaistow, London, England |
Death Place: | Sutton Coldfield, England |
Position: | Full back |
Youthyears1: | 1940–194? |
Youthclubs1: | Millwall |
Years1: | 1943–1959 |
Caps1: | 401 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1954 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Kenneth Green (27 April 1924 – 7 June 2001) was an English footballer who played as a full back. He played for Birmingham City from 1943 to 1959, making 443 appearances in all competitions and scoring 3 goals, and played in the 1956 FA Cup final which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3–1. He earned two England B caps in 1954,[1] and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[2] However, he never made a senior appearance for England. Green died in Sutton Coldfield in 2001 at the age of 77.[3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Fairs Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Birmingham City | 1947–48 | Second Division | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
1948–49 | First Division | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |||
1949–50 | First Division | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
1950–51 | Second Division | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |||
1951–52 | Second Division | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
1952–53 | Second Division | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||
1953–54 | Second Division | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |||
1954–55 | Second Division | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
1955–56 | First Division | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
1956–57 | First Division | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
1957–58 | First Division | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
1958–59 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Career total | 401 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 440 | 3 |
Birmingham City
1947–48, 1954–55