Sport(s) Football, baseball 1909–1913 North Carolina A&M 1904–1907 Penn 1912 North Carolina A&M | Position(s) Halfback Name Edward Greene 1908 North Carolina Role Botanist | |
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Died November 10, 1915, Washington, D.C., United States Books Landmarks of botanical history | ||
Edward Lawrence "Eddie" Greene, sometimes spelled Green (c. 1884 – September 27, 1952), was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football record of 28–11–5. Greene was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906. He later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death from a heart attack in 1952.