Jerry Green (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1936–1994)}}

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|name=Jerry Green

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1936|04|16}}

|birth_place= Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1994|12|12|1936|04|16}}

|death_place= Dallas, Texas, U.S.

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=0

|Weight_lbs=190

|Position=Halfback

|highschool=Henry Grady (GA)

|College= Georgia Tech

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|Stats=Y

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|DatabaseFootball=GREENJER01

|playing_years1= 1960

|playing_team1= Boston Patriots

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Jerome Albert Green (April 16, 1936 – December 12, 1994) was an American football player.

Green was born in 1936 in Atlanta and attended Henry W. Grady High School in that city. He then played college football at Georgia Tech from 1955 to 1958.

Green played professional football for the 1960 Boston Patriots during the inaugural season of the American Football League (AFL). He appeared in two games for the Patriots and caught three passes for 52 yards.{{cite web|title=Jerry Green|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=April 2, 2023|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerg/gree04200.html|archive-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402124005/https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerg/gree04200.html|url-status=dead}}

Green died in 1994 at age 58 at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.{{cite news|title=Jerome Albert Green Retired pro football player|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=December 20, 1994|page=C6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122125680/jerome-albert-green-retired-pro/|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=April 2, 2023|access-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402124001/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122125680/jerome-albert-green-retired-pro/|url-status=live}}