William Greene (field hockey)

In 1943, Greene joined the Royal Engineers. He was a warrant officer at the School of Military Engineering in Ripon.^[1] In 1946, Greene played club hockey for the School of Military Engineering in Ripon and represented Yorkshire at county level,^[2] making his debut in 1946 and would later represent the North, the Army and Combined Services.^[1]

He made his England debut against Wales in 1948 and would win 11 caps.^[1] He was selected for the Olympic Trial^[3] and subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, winning a silver medal, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.^[1]

After transferring to Chatham in 1950,^[4] he would play club hockey for Gravesend.^[5] Another transfer resulted in progress to becoming regimental sergeant major^[6] and playing for Brighton, then Chichester and Sussex until 1957.^[1] He settled in Sussex where he was a resident of Seaford College, East Lavington, Petworth, working as the CCF contingent commander. He died there on 28 September 1979.^[7]