Jack Green (soccer)

John "Jack" Green was an English-Canadian soccer inside forward who played professionally in Canada and the American Soccer League.

Jack Green
Personal information
Full name John Green
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Date of death December 13, 1960
Place of death Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Playing position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1926 Montreal Carsteel
1926–1927 Providence 35 (6)
1927 Montreal Carsteel
1928–1929 Providence 37 (14)
1929–1930 Montreal CNR
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1924, Green began his career with Montreal Carsteel. In the fall of 1926, Green moved south to join Providence F.C. of the American Soccer League. In May 1927, Green was back with Carsteel.[1] In August 1927, he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident which nearly cost him his life.[2] He took nearly a year to recover. When he did, he returned to Providence F.C. for the 1928–29 American Soccer League season. That year, he finished the season ranked fifteenth on the league’s scoring list.[3] In 1929, he returned to Canada where he played for Montreal CNR in the National Soccer League.[4] That year, CNR won the Canada FA Trophy.[5] In 1930, Green and his teammates fell to the Westminster Royals in a three-game final.

Green may have played for Grenadier Guards during his career, but in 1937, he was still playing for Montreal CNR, now known as CNR Scottish.

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

References
  1. Scottish FA Tour Canada 1927
  2. Carsteel to play selected team at Thornton tomorrow in aid of player
  3. "The Year in American Soccer – 1929". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
  4. Jose, Colin (1998). Keeping Score - Canadian Encyclopedia of Soccer. Vaughan, Ontario: The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 154. ISBN 0-9683800-0-X.
  5. Canada FA Trophy
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