# Philip Greene

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Irish football broadcaster

For the U.S. Navy admiral, see [Philip H. Greene Jr.](/source/Philip_H._Greene_Jr.) For those of a similar name, see [Philip Green (disambiguation)](/source/Philip_Green_(disambiguation)).

Philip Greene Born (1920-10-02)2 October 1920 Broadstone, Dublin, Ireland Died 15 May 2011(2011-05-15) (aged 90) Occupation Association football commentator Employer Raidió Teilifís Éireann Known for Longstanding Football commentator Title Voice of Football

**Philip Greene** (2 October 1920 – 15 May 2011) was a longstanding [Irish](/source/Irish_people) sports radio broadcaster and football commentator on [RTÉ Radio](/source/RT%C3%89_Radio), as well as being a former Head of Sport at [Raidió Teilifís Éireann](/source/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann) (RTÉ). He was also a writer, and his work was part of the [literature event](/source/Art_competitions_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics#Literature) in the [art competition](/source/Art_competitions_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics) at the [1948 Summer Olympics](/source/1948_Summer_Olympics).[1]

## Biography

Born in the [Broadstone](/source/Broadstone%2C_Dublin) in Dublin, Greene came to prominence in the 1940s and gave his first live commentary on Ireland's 1–0 defeat by Argentina at [Dalymount Park](/source/Dalymount_Park) in 1951. He also covered the [League of Ireland](/source/League_of_Ireland) for the *[Evening Press](/source/Evening_Press)* and covered many international events including the [European Athletics Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships) in Stockholm in 1956 and the [1972 Olympic Games](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics). In a broadcasting career spanning four decades, he earned the title of 'the voice of Irish football'.[2]

He retired from RTÉ in 1985.[3][4]

Despite his father being a Bohs fan Greene loved The Hoops from the age of nine [5] and as a big [Shamrock Rovers](/source/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.) fan, he was known universally as Philip Green-and-White. Whether true or not, the story is that he reported that "the score is 2-2, in favour of Shamrock Rovers" in a match. He died on 15 May 2011 aged 90.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Philip Greene"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2000007). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Farewell to voice of Irish football"](http://www.herald.ie/opinion/farewell-to-voice-of-irish-football-2648105.html). *Evening Herald*. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Death of RTÉ's Philip Greene"](https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0516/1224297037838.html). *Irish Times*. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Legendary commentator Philip Greene passes away"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200522233552/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2011/0515/greene.html/). *RTÉ Sport*. 16 May 2011. Archived from [the original](https://www.rte.ie/sport/2011/0515/greene.html) on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Register"](https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1990/0927/Pg015.html#Ar01502:58C7E65AC7FB4477F34738084737F447B809) – via [The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Philip Greene -- voice of soccer and man of principle"](http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/philip-greene-voice-of-soccer-and-man-of-principle-2647906.html). *Irish Independent*. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

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