Luther Green

{{Short description|American basketball player (1946–2006)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Luther “Sally” Green

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 27, 14, 25

| position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|11|13}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|01|25|1946|11|13}}

| death_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| high_school = DeWitt Clinton
(The Bronx, New York)

| college = LIU Brooklyn (1966–1969)

| draft_year = 1969

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 41

| draft_team = Cincinnati Royals

| career_start = 1969

| career_end = 1979

| years1 = 1969–1971

| team1 = New York Nets

| years2 = {{nbay|1972|full=y}}

| team2 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years3 = 1973–1974

| team3 = Hartford Capitols

| years4 = 1975–1976

| team4 = Long Island Sounds

| years5 = 1976–1977

| team5 = Wilkes-Barre Barons

| years6 = 1977–1978

| team6 = Brooklyn Dodgers

| years7 = 1978–1979

| team7 = Wilkes-Barre Barons

| bbr = greenlu01

}}

Luther Green (November 13, 1946 – January 25, 2006) was an American basketball player.

Born in New York City, Green played college basketball at Long Island University and was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1969 NBA draft and by the Miami Floridians in the 1969 ABA Draft.

Green played for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association for two seasons. From 1971 to 1972 he played for the Harlem Wizards, and he played briefly for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers during the 1972–73 NBA season.

Green died of lung cancer at the age of 59.{{Cite web|date=2006-01-26|title=Former Net, Sixer Green dies of lung cancer|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/news/story?id=2307445|access-date=2020-11-12|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}