Kenneth Green (27 April 1924 – 7 June 2001) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who played as a full back. He played for

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

from 1943 to 1959, making 443 appearances in all competitions and scoring 3 goals, and played in the

1956 FA Cup final The 1956 FA Cup Final was the final match of the 1955–56 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The showpiece event was contested between Manchester City ...

which Birmingham lost to Manchester City 3–1. He earned two

England B England B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the England national football team. At times they have played other nations' full teams; they have also played matches against 'B' teams from other football associations. S ...

caps in 1954, and was subsequently named in the full England squad which travelled to Switzerland for the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...

. However, he never made a senior appearance for England. Green died in Sutton Coldfield in 2001 at the age of 77.

Honours

Birmingham City *

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third t ...

runner-up: 1947–48, 1954–55 *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football compet ...

finalist: 1955–56

References

1924 births 2001 deaths Footballers from West Ham English footballers England men's B international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Birmingham City F.C. players English Football League players English Football League representative players 1954 FIFA World Cup players FA Cup final players {{england-footy-defender-1920s-stub