Roger A. Greene (September 26, 1887 – August 29, 1960) was an American college football player and coach and hospital administrator. He served as the head coach at Bates College from 1913 to 1915, Colby College in 1916 and 1923, and Bowdoin College from 1919 to 1920.[1][2][3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26, 1887 Hoosick Falls, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 1960 (aged 72) Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1907–1909 | Marietta |
| 1911–1912 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1913–1915 | Bates |
| 1916 | Colby |
| 1919–1920 | Bowdoin |
| 1923 | Colby |
Greene served as a combat officer with the 28th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War I, reaching the rank of major. He was the superintendent of Pottsville Hospital in Pottsville, Pennsylvania for 18 years before joining the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 1948. Greene died on August 29, 1960, at Veterans' Hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Greene Renews Bates Contract". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. April 15, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Waterville". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. April 19, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. pp. 311–312. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ex-Supt. of Hospital Here Dies". Pottsville, Republican. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. August 30, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Roger A. Greene, 72, Hoosick Falls Native, Dies". The Times Record. Troy, New York. August 30, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Roger A. Greene, Former State Hospital Head, Dies". Elizabethtown Chronicle. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. September 1, 1960. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
