Woody Green
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||
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Born: | Warren, Oregon,U.S. | June 20, 1951||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Jefferson (OR) | ||||||||||
College: | Arizona State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1974/ Round: 1 / Pick: 16 | ||||||||||
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Woodrow Green, Jr.(born June 20, 1951) is an American former professionalfootballplayer who was arunning backfor theKansas City Chiefsof theNational Football League(NFL). Green was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the1974 NFL draft.[1]Playingcollege footballfor theArizona State Sun Devils,he set many rushing records and was a first-team APAll-American.Green appeared on the front cover of theSports IllustratedNovember 18, 1974 issue. His NFL career was shortened because of multiple knee injuries/surgeries.[2]
College statistics
[edit]- 1971: 208 for 1,209 and 9 TD
- 1972: 209 for 1,363 and 15 TD, 9 catches for 115, consensus All-American
- 1973: 184 for 1,182 and 9 TD, 22 catches for 328 and 5 TD, consensus All-American, finished eight inHeisman Trophyvoting
References
[edit]- ^Woody GreenatPro Football Reference
- ^""The Rookies (Cover Story)."Sports Illustrated,November 18, 1974 (Volume 41, Issue 21) – Sports Illustrated Vault ".Archived fromthe originalon May 26, 2009.RetrievedFebruary 13,2009.