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American football player (1924–1981) For other people named John Green, see John Green (disambiguation).

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John Green
Biographical details

Born	(1924-09-15)September 15, 1924 Kent, Indiana, U.S.
Died	August 4, 1981(1981-08-04) (aged 56) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1942	Tulane
1943–1945	Army

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Army (assistant)
1954–1959	Tulane (line)
1960–1962	Florida (assistant)
1963–1966	Vanderbilt
1967	Kansas (assistant)

Head coaching record
Overall	7–29–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× National (1944, 1945)
Awards
Consensus All-American (1945) First-team All-American (1944) 2× First-team All-Eastern (1944, 1945)


College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1989 (profile)

John Green (September 15, 1924 – August 4, 1981) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Tulane University in 1942 and was then appointed to the United States Military Academy where he played from 1943 to 1945. At Army, Green was a two-time All-American and played on consecutive national championship-winning teams in 1944 and 1945. Green served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 1963 to 1966, compiling a record of 7–29–4. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1989.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1963–1966)
1963	Vanderbilt	1–7–2	0–5–2	10th
1964	Vanderbilt	3–6–1	1–4–1	9th
1965	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	1–5	T–9th
1966	Vanderbilt	1–9	0–5	9th
Vanderbilt:		7–29–4	2–19–3
Total:		7–29–4

v t e 1944 Army Cadets football—AP national champions
Doc Blanchard Glenn Davis Dale Hall Tex Coulter Bobby Dobbs Hank Foldberg John Green Doug Kenna Barney Poole John Sauer Dean Sensanbaugher Arnold Tucker Head coach: Earl Blaik Assistant coaches: Andy Gustafson Herman Hickman Bob Woodruff

v t e 1945 Army Cadets football—AP national champions
Doc Blanchard Tex Coulter Glenn Davis Bobby Dobbs Hank Foldberg Robert Folsom John Green Shorty McWilliams Barney Poole John Sauer Dean Sensanbaugher Joe Steffy Bob Summerhays Arnold Tucker Head coach: Earl Blaik Assistant coaches: Andy Gustafson Herman Hickman Stu Holcomb Bob Woodruff

v t e 1945 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	HB Glenn Davis HB Bob Fenimore HB Herman Wedemeyer FB Doc Blanchard
Line	E Hub Bechtol E Dick Duden E Max Morris E Bob Ravensberg T Tex Coulter T George Savitsky G Warren Amling G John Green C Vaughn Mancha

v t e 1946 Army Cadets football—national champions
Doc Blanchard Glenn Davis Hank Foldberg Robert Folsom Barney Poole Joe Steffy Arnold Tucker Bill Yeoman Head coach: Earl Blaik Assistant coaches: Paul Amen John Green Andy Gustafson Herman Hickman Stu Holcomb

v t e Vanderbilt Commodores head football coaches
Elliott Jones (1890–1892) W. J. Keller (1893) Henry Worth Thornton (1894) Charles L. Upton (1895) R. G. Acton (1896–1898) James L. Crane (1899–1900) Walter H. Watkins (1901–1902) James R. Henry (1903) Dan McGugin (1904–1917) Ray Morrison (1918) Dan McGugin (1919–1934) Ray Morrison (1935–1939) Red Sanders (1940–1942) Ernest Alley (1943) Doby Bartling (1944–1945) Red Sanders (1946–1948) Bill Edwards (1949–1952) Art Guepe (1953–1962) John Green (1963–1966) Bill Pace (1967–1972) Steve Sloan (1973–1974) Fred Pancoast (1975–1978) George MacIntyre (1979–1985) Watson Brown (1986–1990) Gerry DiNardo (1991–1994) Rod Dowhower (1995–1996) Woody Widenhofer (1997–2001) Bobby Johnson (2002–2009) Robbie Caldwell (2010) James Franklin (2011–2013) Derek Mason (2014–2020) Todd Fitch # (2020) Clark Lea (2021– ) # denotes interim/acting head coach

# denotes interim/acting head coach

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