Michael Green (Australian rules footballer)

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Michael Green
Personal information
Born (1948-05-14) 14 May 1948 (age 77)
Original teams Xavier College
Richmond Reserves
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 94.5 kg (208 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1966–1975 Richmond 146 (83) [1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975.
Career highlights
  • Richmond Premiership player: 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974
  • Richmond Team of the Century
  • Richmond Hall of Fame: 2004
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] He is also a relation of current AFL players Xavier and Zane Duursma. 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

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables - Mike Green - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ↑ jacobgaynor (25 November 2019). "Green set to follow in the famous footsteps of his Grandfather". AFL NSW / ACT. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ↑ College, Xavier (20 October 2021), 20211020 Fr Chirs chats w Christopher, Richard and Matthew Green full ed , retrieved 6 March 2024


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