Nelson Greene (Canadian football)

Nelson "Nellie" Greene
Career information
Date of birth	c. 1928
Place of birth	St. Lambert, Quebec
Position(s)	RB
CJFL	St. Lambert Combines
Career history
As player
1947-48	Ottawa Rough Riders
1950-54	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Awards	1947 - Gruen Trophy

Nelson "Nellie" Greene is a former award winning Canadian Football League player.

Coming from the St. Lambert Combines junior program,^[1] Greene joined the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1947 and won the Gruen Trophy as the Eastern Conference (the Big Four) rookie of the year. No official stats were kept that season and this was when the trophy was awarded only to Canadian players. He moved to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, his best year being 1950 when he rushed for 415 yards.^[2] Unfortunately an injury kept him out of the Green Riders 1951 Grey Cup game loss. After his football career remained active coaching local high school and junior teams in Regina.

References

↑ The Montreal Gazette - Dink Carrol, Playing the Field Sept. 22, 1947; though the Regina Rams claim him as one of their alumni
↑ CFLAPEDIA entry: Nelson Greene

Gruen Trophy - Best Canadian Rookie in the Big Four or CFL Eastern Conference

1946: Brennan
1947: Greene
1948: English
1949: Loreno
1950: McDonald
1951: Bitkowski
1952: Fedosoff
1953: Dawson
1954: Howell
1955: Mularchyk
1956: Grant
1957: Williams
1958: Brewer
1959: Poirier
1960: Mitchell
1961: Berretta
1962: Tucker
1963: Black
1964: Irwin
1965: Evanshen
1966: Wadsworth
1967: Giardino
1968: Knechtel
1969: Phaneuf
1970: Corrigall
1971: Foley
1972: Richardson

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