Edward L. Greene
{{Short description|American football player and sports coach (1884–1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{For|the botanist|Edward Lee Greene}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Edward L. Greene
| image = Edward Greene.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Greene pictured in The Agromeck 1912, North Carolina State yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|3|29}}
| birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|9|27|1884|3|29}}
| death_place = Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1904–1907
| player_team2 = Penn
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1908
| coach_team2 = North Carolina
| coach_years3 = 1909–1913
| coach_team3 = North Carolina A&M
| coach_sport4 = Baseball
| coach_years5 = 1912
| coach_team5 = North Carolina A&M
| overall_record = 28–11–5 (football)
13–6–1 (baseball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 SAIAA (1913)
| awards = All-American, 1906
| coaching_records =
}}
Edward Lawrence Greene (March 29, 1884 – September 27, 1952) was an American college football player and coach of both college football and college baseball. Greene played football at the University of Pennsylvania as a halfback from 1904 to 1907 and was a consensus selection on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as North Carolina State University—from 1909 to 1913.
Biography
Greene was born on March 29, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut.{{cite book|title=Printers' Ink|date=1952|volume=241|publisher=Decker Communications, Incorporated|issn=0196-1160|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zMWAQAAMAAJ|access-date=April 14, 2015}}
Greene served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 28–11–5. He was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season, in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906.{{cite book |title=The Agromeck 1918 |year=1912 |publisher=North Carolina State College |page=145 |url=https://archive.org/stream/agromeck1912nort#page/145/mode/1up |access-date=November 14, 2011}}
Green later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death. He died of a heart attack, on September 27, 1952, in Mamaroneck, New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/29/archives/edward-l-6reene-6bard-of-6ulliblb-president-of-national-better.html|title=Edward L. Greene; President of National Better Business Bureau Dies|publisher=select.nytimes.com|access-date=April 14, 2015}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Carolina Tar Heels
| conf = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1908
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1908
| name = North Carolina
| overall = 3–3–3
| conference = 1–2–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Carolina
| overall = 3–3–3
| confrecord = 1–2–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Carolina A&M Aggies
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1909
| endyear = 1911
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1909
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 6–1
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1910
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 4–0–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1911
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 5–3
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Carolina A&M Aggies
| conf = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1912
| endyear = 1913
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1912
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 4–3
| conference = 0–2
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1913
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 6–1
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 25–8–2
| confrecord = 2–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 28–11–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
=Baseball=
{{CBB yearly record start
| type = coach
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Carolina A&M Farmers
| conference= Independent
| startyear = 1912
| endyear = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1912
| name = North Carolina A&M
| overall = 13–6–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 13–6–1
| legend = no
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{North Carolina Tar Heels football coach navbox}}
{{NC State Wolfpack football coach navbox}}
{{NC State Wolfpack baseball coach navbox}}
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Category:American football halfbacks
Category:NC State Wolfpack baseball coaches
Category:NC State Wolfpack football coaches
Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
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Category:Players of American football from New Haven, Connecticut