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JOHNNY GREEN

Green, John Edward
Height: 6-3 Weight: 203
Born: October 12, 1937 West Point, MS
Died: April 24, 2019
High School:

Year	College	Status
1955	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Lettered
1956	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Lettered
1957	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Lettered
1958	Tennessee-Chattanooga	Lettered

Draft: 21st round (247th overall) 1959 Pittsburgh Steelers

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	91	QB	2
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL	18	QB	10	6
1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1961 BUF AFL	18	QB	8	6
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	12	QB	11	7
1963 New York Jets (AFL)1963 NYJ AFL	18	QB	1	0
1963 Chattanooga Cherokees (SFL)1963 CHAT SFL		QB
1964 Boston Sweepers (ACFL)1964 BOS ACFL		QB
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			30	19
1 Year (CFL)1 Year CFL			2

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/21/1959	1959 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1959 PIT NFL
Signed		1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU
Free Agent	6/1/1960	1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU
Signed	1/6/1960	1960 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1960 PIT NFL
Released		1960 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1960 PIT NFL
Signed	10/4/1960	1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL
Traded	8/18/1962	1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL
Released		1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL
Signed		1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL
Released		1963 New York Jets (AFL)1963 NYJ AFL
Signed		1963 Chattanooga Cherokees (SFL)1963 CHAT SFL
Free Agent		1963 Chattanooga Cherokees (SFL)1963 CHAT SFL
Signed		1964 Boston Sweepers (ACFL)1964 BOS ACFL
Free Agent		1964 Boston Sweepers (ACFL)1964 BOS ACFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL	2	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	12
1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1961 BUF AFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	3	0	0		0	1	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	0		0	1	-	0	0		-	0	36

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	4	-2	-0.5	3	0		0	0
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL	21	29	1.4	11	2		0	0
1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1961 BUF AFL	14	15	1.1	14	1		0	0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	17	35	2.1	8	3		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	52	79	1.5	14	6		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	20	8	40.0	9	62	3.1	7.8	27	0	0.0	3	15.0	3	31			0	8.8
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL	228	89	39.0	129	1267	5.6	14.2	70t	10	4.4	10	4.4	25	185				54.1
1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1961 BUF AFL	126	56	44.4	65	903	7.2	16.1	61t	6	4.8	5	4.0						68.3
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	258	128	49.6	112	1741	6.7	13.6	63t	10	3.9	18	7.0						55.4
1963 New York Jets (AFL)1963 NYJ AFL	6	2	33.3	3	10	1.7	5.0	6	0	0.0	1	16.7				0	0	2.8
1963 Chattanooga Cherokees (SFL)1963 CHAT SFL									4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	618	275	44.5	309	3921	6.3	14.3	70t	26	4.2	34	5.5	25	185		0	0	56.7
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	20	8	40.0	9	62	3.1	7.8	27	0	0.0	3	15.0	3	31			0	8.8

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL		1		0	0.0	0	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		1		0	0.0	0	0		0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	12	460	38.3	43	0	-
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	3	121	40.3	55	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	121	40.3	55	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	12	460	38.3	43	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1960 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1960 BUF AFL	9			0			0
1961 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1961 BUF AFL	4			0			0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	6			0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	19			0			0

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