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John Green (guard)

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Sport(s)
  
Football

1954
  
Tulane (line)

Positions
  
Guard

1946
  
Army (assistant)

Role
  
1943–1945
  
Name
  
John Green

1942
  
1960–1962
  
Florida (DC)


John Green (guard)

Born
  
September 15, 1924Kent, Indiana (
1924-09-15
)

Died
  
August 4, 1981, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

John "Jack" Green (September 15, 1924 – August 4, 1981) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Tulane University in 1942 and was then appointed to the United States Military Academy where he played from 1943 to 1945. At Army, Green was a two-time All-American and played on consecutive national championship-winning teams in 1944 and 1945. Green served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 1963 to 1966, compiling a record of 7–29–4. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1989.

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