Roger Greene | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1887 |
Birth Place: | Hoosick Falls, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1907–1909 |
Player Team1: | Marietta |
Player Years2: | 1911–1912 |
Player Team2: | Penn |
Player Positions: | Lineman |
Coach Years1: | 1913–1915 |
Coach Team1: | Bates |
Coach Years2: | 1916 |
Coach Team2: | Colby |
Coach Years3: | 1919–1920 |
Coach Team3: | Bowdoin |
Coach Years4: | 1923 |
Coach Team4: | Colby |
Roger A. Greene (September 26, 1887 – August 29, 1960) was an American college football player and coach and hospital administrator. He served as the head coach at Bates College from 1913 to 1915, Colby College in 1916 and 1923, and Bowdoin College from 1919 to 1920.[1] [2] [3]
Greene served as a combat officer with the 28th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War I, reaching the rank of major. He was the superintendent of Pottsville Hospital in Pottsville, Pennsylvania for 18 years before joining the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 1948. Greene died on August 29, 1960, at Veterans' Hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[4] [5] [6]