Michael Green (Australian rules footballer) explained

Michael Green
Birth Date:1948 5, df=yes
Originalteam:Xavier College/Richmond Reserves
Height:193 cm
Weight:94.5 kg
Statsend:1975
Years1:1966–1975
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:146 (83)[1]
Careerhighlights:
  • Richmond Premiership player: 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974
  • Richmond Team of the Century
  • Richmond Hall of Fame: 2004

Michael Green (born 14 May 1948) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1966 and 1971 and then again between 1973 and 1975 for the Richmond Football Club.

The demands of a law career, which caused him to retire temporarily in 1972, before returning and playing in back to back flags in 1973 and 1974.

Green is now well known in the Melbourne legal community. Until 2018 before retiring, he ran Greens List, one of the Victorian bar's largest barristers' clerk services.

Green is grandfather to current GWS AFL player Tom Green.[2] His brother in law is St Kilda premiership player Brian Sierakowski.

His sons Christopher, Richard and Matthew were talented school footballers, all playing at First XVIII level for Xavier College.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFL Tables - Mike Green - Stats - Statistics. AFL Tables. 3 October 2014.
  2. Web site: jacobgaynor . 2019-11-25 . Green set to follow in the famous footsteps of his Grandfather . 2024-03-24 . AFL NSW / ACT . en-AU.