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Russell Green
Personal information
Full name	Norman Russell Green
Date of birth	13 August 1933
Place of birth	Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death	21 April 2012 (aged 78)
Place of death	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Corby Town
1957–1964	Lincoln City
–	Gainsborough Trinity
Managerial career
1964–1971	Gainsborough Trinity
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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 hat trick 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

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

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