John Green (defensive end)

{{Short description|American football player (1921–1989)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = John Green

| image = John Green - 1951 Bowman .jpg

| caption = Green on a 1951 Bowman football card

| number = 89

| position = Defensive end
End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|10|14}}

| birth_place = Hastings, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|03|6|1921|10|14}}

| death_place = Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 192

| high_school = Arp (Arp, Texas)

| college = Tulsa

| draftyear = 1944

| draftround = 16

| draftpick = 162

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Return yards

| statvalue1 = 71

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 6

| statlabel3 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = GreeJo01

}}

John Lincoln Green (October 14, 1921{{spaced ndash}}March 6, 1989) was an American professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1947 to 1951. He went to one Pro Bowl during his five-year career. Green played college football at the University of Tulsa and was selected in the sixteenth round of the 1944 NFL draft.

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Category:1921 births

Category:1989 deaths

Category:People from Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma

Category:American football defensive ends

Category:Tulsa Golden Hurricane football players

Category:Philadelphia Eagles players

Category:Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players

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