Vee Green
Biographical details | |
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Born | Oakwood, Illinois, U.S. | October 9, 1900
Died | May 12, 1967 Urbana, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 66)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1922–1923 | Illinois |
1926 | Louisville Colonels |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1927 | Waukegan HS (IL) |
1928–1932 | Oklahoma City |
1933–1946 | Drake |
Basketball | |
1930–1933 | Oklahoma City |
1944–1946 | Drake |
Baseball | |
1940–1942 | Drake |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
?–1933 | Oklahoma City |
1940–? | Drake |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 103–72–10 (college football) 32–41 (college basketball) 24–7–1 (high school football) |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
As coach:
As player: | |
Vivian Julius "Vee" GreenUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1922 to 1923. He played as a center and was a teammate of Red Grange.
Later in his life, Green did color commentary and football analysis for the AM station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa. He did frequent sports broadcasts alongside Jim Zabel[3] including for Iowa's famous 1953 14–14 tie at Norte Dame.[4]
In the fall of 1966, Green was diagnosed with glioblastoma. Green died at age 66 on May 12, 1967, from brain cancer.[5]
Personal life
Green was the son of Lincoln Hamlin Green of Ohio and Mary Esther (Cranston) Green of Illinois, and had one sister. Vee Green married Iowan Lois Hardaway on February 5, 1954. They had 3 children.
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1928) | |||||||||
1928 | Oklahoma City | 6–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–7th | |||||
Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Big Four Conference) (1929–1932) | |||||||||
1929 | Oklahoma City | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–2nd | |||||
1930 | Oklahoma City | 9–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1931 | Oklahoma City | 12–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1932 | Oklahoma City | 5–5–1 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
Oklahoma City: | 37–13–2 | 10–8–1 | |||||||
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1933–1946) | |||||||||
1933 | Drake | 6–3–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
1934 | Drake | 3–6–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1935 | Drake | 4–4–2 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
1936 | Drake | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
1937 | Drake | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1938 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1939 | Drake | 5–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1940 | Drake | 4–5 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1941 | Drake | 4–5–1 | 0–3–1 | 6th | |||||
1942 | Drake | 3–7 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
1943 | Drake | 4–2 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
1944 | Drake | 7–2 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
1945 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 1–2 | 4th | W Raisin | ||||
1946 | Drake | 2–6–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
Drake: | 66–59–8 | 24–27–3 | |||||||
Total: | 103–72–10 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Housh, Leighton, ed. (1937). 1937 Missouri Valley Conference Handbook. Missouri Valley Conference News Bureau.
- ^ "Vee Green". NFL.
- ^ "Football". The Torch. January 1933.
- ^ "The 1950's – Hooray For Evy's Hawkeyes".
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference