Brian Green (footballer)

Brian Green
Personal information
Full name	Brian Geoffrey Green
Date of birth	5 June 1935
Place of birth	Droylsden, England
Date of death	14 August 2012 (aged 77)
Place of death	Rochdale, England
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1953–1954	Haggate Lads
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1958	Rochdale
1958–1959	Southport
1959–1960	Colwyn Bay
1960–1961	Barrow
1961–1962	Altrincham
1962–1963	Exeter City
1963	Chesterfield
1963	Mossley
1964	Sydney Prague
Managerial career
1975–1976	Australia
1976–1977	Rochdale
1980–1982	Bryne
1986–1987	Start
1989, 1991	Egersunds
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Geoffrey Green (5 June 1935 – 14 August 2012) is an English former football coach and player. As a player, he competed in the Football League as a forward in the 1950s and 1960s for Rochdale, Southport, Barrow, Exeter City and Chesterfield.^[2]

Green was later coach of the Australia national team in 1975 and 1976.^[3]^[4]^[5] Green coached in Norway with Bryne from 1980 to 1982,^[6] and with Start in 1986–87.^[7] He later also managed Egersunds in division four in two seasons, 1989 and 1991.

He also had a spell as a coach in Leeds United.^[8] Green's coaching career also included a successful stint at Chester, with the club reaching the semi-finals of the Football League Cup and winning promotion from the Football League Fourth Division in 1974-75 when he worked alongside manager Ken Roberts.

References

^ "Former manager dies aged 77". Fansnetwork.co.uk. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
^ "Englishman to be national coach". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 August 1975. p. 17. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Green blames the press". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 March 1976. p. 53. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Australian player database - GR". Oz Football. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "Brynes Trenere gjennom tidene" (PDF). Bryne Magasinet (in Norwegian): 22. February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
^ ""Historisk oversikt: Trenere"". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in Norwegian). IK Start. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
^ "Complete A-Z of players 1919-2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2010.