Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)
| Michael Green | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1948 | ||
| Original team(s) | Xavier College/Richmond Reserves | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 94.5 kg (208 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1966–1975 | Richmond | 146 (83)[1] | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael Green (born 14 May 1948) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1966 and 1971 and then again between 1973 and 1975 for the Richmond Football Club.
The demands of a law career, which caused him to retire temporarily in 1972, before returning and playing in back to back flags in 1973 and 1974.
Green is now well known in the Melbourne legal community. Until 2018 before retiring, he ran Greens List, one of the Victorian bar's largest barristers' clerk services.
Green is grandfather to current GWS AFL player Tom Green.[2] His brother in law is St Kilda premiership player Brian Sierakowski.
His sons Christopher, Richard and Matthew were talented school footballers, all playing at First XVIII level for Xavier College.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "AFL Tables - Mike Green - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ jacobgaynor (25 November 2019). "Green set to follow in the famous footsteps of his Grandfather". AFL NSW / ACT. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ College, Xavier (20 October 2021), 20211020 Fr Chirs chats w Christopher, Richard and Matthew Green full ed, retrieved 6 March 2024
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
- Richmond Football Club – Hall of Fame
External links
[edit]- Michael Green's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Michael Green at AustralianFootball.com
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