Art Green (ice hockey)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur William Green |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 12 May 1921 Aylesbury, England |
| Died | 31 July 2003 (aged 82) Southport, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Position | Defenceman |
Arthur William Green (12 May 1921 – 31 July 2003) was a British ice hockey player. He played as a defenceman for various teams in London and represented Great Britain internationally.[1][2]
Green began playing ice hockey when he was 12. He was given his first trial for Wembley after the coach had noticed him roller skating in the stadium car park. Wembley juniors won the league title in 1937–38 with Green as captain. The following season he played for the Wembley Terriers and was selected in the Great Britain squad for the 1939 World Championships in Switzerland, becoming the youngest ever competitor in the event.[2] In the 1939–1940 season, he played for the Wembley Monarchs in the English National League.[3]
In 1941, Green joined the Royal Air Force. He returned to ice hockey after the war with the Wembley Lions. He was appointed captain of the team for the 1947–1948 season, the first English-born player to captain an English National League side. That season, he was selected in the Great Britain squad for 1948 Winter Olympics. The following season, he joined the Earls Court Rangers.[2] He returned to Wembley in 1950, and retired at the end of the 1952–1953 season.[3]
Green also played football, and scored twice for the victorious Alperton side in the 1940 Wembley Youth Cup final at Wembley. After retiring from ice hockey, he moved to Merseyside. He died in Southport in 2003.[3]
References
- ^ "Art Green". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Roller skates gave Arthur his first chance". Middlesex Independent and West London Star. 11 November 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Gordon, David; Harris, Martin (2019). Lion in Winter: A Complete Record of Great Britain at the Olympic, World and European Ice Hockey Championships 1910 - 1981. Lulu.com. pp. 179–180. ISBN 9781527247475. Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via Google Books.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- 1921 births
- 2003 deaths
- Earls Court Rangers players
- English ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Military personnel from Buckinghamshire
- Olympic ice hockey players for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from Aylesbury
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Royal Air Force airmen
- Wembley Lions players
- Wembley Monarchs players