Nelson Greene (American football)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PositionTackle
BornOctober 7, 1922
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Shawnee, Oklahoma
DiedOctober 2, 2004 (aged 81)
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
.jpg) Nelson Greene, 1947 | |||||
| No. 41 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Tackle | ||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | October 7, 1922 Shawnee, Oklahoma | ||||
| Died | October 2, 2004 (aged 81) Shawnee, Oklahoma | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school | Shawnee (OK) | ||||
| College | Tulsa | ||||
| NFL draft | 1947: 5th round, 34th overall pick | ||||
| Career history | |||||
| |||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||
| |||||
Nelson Raymond Greene (October 7, 1922 – October 2, 2004) was an American professional football player who played at the tackle position on both offense and defense. He played college football for Tulsa and professional football for the New York Yankees in 1949.
Greene was born in 1922 in Yukno or Shawnee, Oklahoma. He attended Shawnee High School in Oklahoma.[1][2]
College football and military service
Greene played college football at Tulsa in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. In his final year of college football, he accepted an invitation to play in the 1948 East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco.[3]