Edward L. Greene
 Greene pictured in The Agromeck 1912, North Carolina State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1884 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1952 (aged 68) Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | North Carolina |
| 1909–1913 | North Carolina A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–11–5 (football) 13–6–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SAIAA (1913) | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1906 | |
Edward Lawrence Greene (March 29, 1884 – September 27, 1952) was an American college football player and coach of both college football and college baseball. Greene played football at the University of Pennsylvania as a halfback from 1904 to 1907 and was a consensus selection on the 1906 College Football All-America Team. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as North Carolina State University—from 1909 to 1913.
Biography
[edit]Greene was born on March 29, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Greene served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina in 1908 and at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, from 1909 to 1913, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 28–11–5. He was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina A&M for one season, in 1912, tallying a mark of 13–6–1. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named an All-American in 1906.[2]
Green later served as the general manager of the National Better Business Bureau until his death. He died of a heart attack, on September 27, 1952, in Mamaroneck, New York.[3]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Tar Heels (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | North Carolina | 3–3–3 | 1–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| North Carolina: | 3–3–3 | 1–2–2 | |||||||
| North Carolina A&M Aggies (Independent) (1909–1911) | |||||||||
| 1909 | North Carolina A&M | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | North Carolina A&M | 4–0–2 | |||||||
| 1911 | North Carolina A&M | 5–3 | |||||||
| North Carolina A&M Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912–1913) | |||||||||
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M | 4–3 | 0–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1913 | North Carolina A&M | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| North Carolina A&M: | 25–8–2 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–11–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Baseball
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina A&M Farmers (Independent) (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | North Carolina A&M | 13–6–1 | |||||||
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13–6–1 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Printers' Ink. Vol. 241. Decker Communications, Incorporated. 1952. ISSN 0196-1160. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ The Agromeck 1918. North Carolina State College. 1912. p. 145. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Edward L. Greene; President of National Better Business Bureau Dies". select.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.