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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Tommie Green

Weight
  
84 kg

Number
  
14

Height
  
1.88 m


Listed weight
  
185 lb (84 kg)

Died
  
September 25, 2015

Listed height
  
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Role
  
Basketball Player

Position
  
Point guard

Born
  
April 8, 1956 Baton Rouge, Louisiana (
1956-04-08
)

High school
  
McKinley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

NBA draft
  
1978 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall

College
  
Southern Jaguars basketball

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Tommie L. Green (April 8, 1956 – September 25, 2015) was a professional basketball point guard who spent one season in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New Orleans Jazz during the 1978–79 season. He was drafted by the Jazz from Southern University and A&M College during the second round (35th pick overall) in the 1978 NBA draft. In 1987, Green returned to Southern University first as an assistant coach then as the head coach from 1996 to 2001.

Green died on September 25, 2015 at the age of 59.

References

Tommie Green Wikipedia