Russell Green

For other people named Russell Green, see Russell Green (disambiguation).
Russell Green
Personal information
Full name Norman Russell Green
Date of birth (1933-08-13)13 August 1933
Place of birth Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death 21 April 2012(2012-04-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
– Corby Town ? (?)
1957–1964 Lincoln City 125 (8)
– Gainsborough Trinity ? (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Russell Green (13 August 1933 – 21 April 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[1]

Career

Born in Donington, Green made 125 appearances in the Football League for Lincoln City between 1957 and 1964,[2][3] and also played non-league football for Corby Town and Gainsborough Trinity.

Russell Green, a former blacksmith's apprentice, was an exceptionally strong and fit player, once described as 'a "they shall not pass" sort of player'.[4] He was part of Lincoln City's famous "Great Escape" team of 1957-58, which seemed doomed to relegation from Division 2, but then narrowly avoided the drop by winning all their last 6 games.[5]

Although wing-half was probably his favoured position, Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson frequently played the versatile Green at fullback. During the 1961-62 season he also served a stint playing at centre forward, and scored a match-winning hatrick when Lincoln beat Newport County 3-2.[6]

Subsequently, as captain and player coach at Gainsborough Trinity, Green again played in a variety of positions, this time including centre-half. He led Trinity to the Midlands Counties League championship in the 1966-67 season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Russell Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Profile". RedImps.com.
  4. ↑ N.H.B. "City one step nearer to safety", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' ' Lincoln 24 April 1958.
  5. ↑ Halford, Brian. "Past Imperfect - the Story of Lincoln City", The Parrs Wood Press, Manchester, 2000. ISBN 1-903158-04-4
  6. ↑ N.H.B. "Green hat-trick captures the points", ' 'The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln 24 March 1962.
  7. ↑ The Lincolnshire Echo' 'Lincoln April 1967.


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