# Colin Green

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{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name      = Colin Green
| image = 
| fullname = Robert Colin Green
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|2|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Brymbo](/source/Brymbo), [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham), Wales
| death_date = 
| position = [Full back](/source/Full_back_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 1957–1959 | youthclubs1 = [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.)
| years1 = 1959–1962 | clubs1 = [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.)                 | caps1 =  15 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1962–1971 | clubs2 = [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) | caps2 = 183 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1970–1971 | clubs3 = [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.)                 | caps3 =   3 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1971–197? | clubs4 = [Tamworth](/source/Tamworth_F.C.)
| nationalyears1 = 1961–1965 | nationalteam1 = Wales U23                             | nationalcaps1 =  7 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1964–1969 | nationalteam2 =[Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team) | nationalcaps2 = 15 | nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Robert Colin Green''' (born 10 February 1942) is a Welsh former [footballer](/source/association_football) born in [Brymbo](/source/Brymbo), near [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham),<ref name=Matthews91>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=91 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> who made 201 appearances in the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) playing as a [full back](/source/Full_back_(association_football)) for [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.), [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.) and [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/colingreen.html |title=Colin Green |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=26 May 2009}}</ref> He played most of his professional club football for Birmingham City and was part of the team which won the [League Cup](/source/EFL_Cup) in [1963](/source/1963_Football_League_Cup_Final). At international level he won 15 [cap](/source/cap_(sport))s for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team).<ref name=Matthews91/>

== Honours ==
'''Birmingham City'''
*[Football League Cup](/source/Football_League_Cup) winners: [1963](/source/1963_Football_League_Cup_Final)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/colingreen}}

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Category:1942 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Wrexham
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Wales men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Men's association football full-backs
Category:Everton F.C. players
Category:Birmingham City F.C. players
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen

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