Edward Lawrence Greene
American football player and coach, baseball coach
About Edward Lawrence Greene
Lived 1884 – 1952 (aged 68). Edward Lawrence Greene was an American head coach and american football player.
Edward Lawrence Greene (March 29, 1884 – September 27, 1952) was an American college football player and coach of both college football and college baseball. Greene played football at the University of Pennsylvania as a halfback from 1904 to 1907 and was a consensus selection on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as North Carolina State University—from 1909 to 1913.
Biography Greene was born on March 29, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Greene served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 28–11–5. He was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season, in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906.
Green later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death. He died of a heart attack, on September 27, 1952, in Mamaroneck, New York.
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American football player and coach, baseball coach (1884-1952)
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Edward Lawrence Greene was born on 29 March 1884 in New Haven.
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Edward Lawrence Greene died on 27 September 1952 in Mamaroneck.
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Edward Lawrence Greene was a head coach and american football player.
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