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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 9, 1900 Oakwood, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 1967 (aged 66) Urbana, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Illinois |
| 1926 | Louisville Colonels |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1927 | Waukegan HS (IL) |
| 1928–1932 | Oklahoma City |
| 1933–1946 | Drake |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1933 | Oklahoma City |
| 1944–1946 | Drake |
| Baseball | |
| 1940–1942 | Drake |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1933 | Oklahoma City |
| 1940–? | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 103–72–10 (college football) 32–41 (college basketball) 24–7–1 (high school football) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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As player: | |
Vivian Julius "Vee" Green[1] (October 9, 1900 – May 12, 1967) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and radio color commentator and sports announcer.[2] He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma City University from 1928 to 1932 and at Drake University for fourteen seasons from 1933 to 1946. Green was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma City from 1930 to 1933 and at Drake from 1944 to 1946, tallying a career college basketball mark of 32–41. A native of Urbana, Illinois, Green played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1922 to 1923. He played as a center and was a teammate of Red Grange.
Later in his life, Green did color commentary and football analysis for the AM station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa. He did frequent sports broadcasts alongside Jim Zabel[3] including for Iowa's famous 1953 14–14 tie at Norte Dame.[4]
In the fall of 1966, Green was diagnosed with glioblastoma. Green died at age 66 on May 12, 1967, from brain cancer.[5]
