Brian Green (footballer)

Brian Green
Personal information
Full name Brian Geoffrey Green
Date of birth (1935-06-05)5 June 1935
Place of birth Droylsden, England
Date of death 14 August 2012(2012-08-14) (aged 77)
Place of death Rochdale, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1953–1954 Haggate Lads
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1958 Rochdale 46 (8)
1958–1959 Southport 20 (7)
1959–1960 Colwyn Bay
1960–1961 Barrow 3 (0)
1961–1962 Altrincham 22 (7)
1962–1963 Exeter City 9 (1)
1963 Chesterfield 2 (0)
1963 Mossley
1964 Sydney Prague
Managerial career
1975–1976 Australia
1976–1977 Rochdale
1980–1982 Bryne
1986–1987 Start
1989, 1991 Egersunds
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Geoffrey Green (5 June 1935 – 14 August 2012) is an English former football player, manager and coach. As a player, he competed in the Football League as a forward in the 1950s and 1960s. Highlights in his managerial career are his time at the helm of the Australian national tea, and two vice-championsjhips with the Norwegian club Bryne FK.