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John Greene
John Joseph Greene
Position: E-G-B
Height: 6-0 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: April 21, 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Michigan
Career AV: 4 (8720th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 5th round (35th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1944 | 24 | DET | LG | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1945 | 25 | DET | LE | 10 | 10 | 26 | 550 | 21.2 | 5 | 63 | 2.6 | 55.0 | 550 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1946 | 26 | DET | 11 | 2 | 22 | 289 | 13.1 | 2 | 88 | 2.0 | 26.3 | 289 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1947 | 27 | DET | LE | 12 | 6 | 38 | 621 | 16.3 | 5 | 47 | 3.2 | 51.8 | 621 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1948 | 28 | DET | re | 12 | 5 | 25 | 595 | 23.8 | 5 | 83 | 2.1 | 49.6 | 595 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1949 | 29 | DET | RE | 12 | 11 | 42 | 542 | 12.9 | 7 | 28 | 3.5 | 45.2 | 542 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1950 | 30 | DET | re | 81 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 368 | 16.7 | 2 | 46 | 1.8 | 30.7 | 368 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Career | 78 | 39 | 175 | 2965 | 16.9 | 26 | 88 | 2.2 | 38.0 | 2965 | 26 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1944 | 24 | DET | LG | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1945 | 25 | DET | LE | 10 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1946 | 26 | DET | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | 27 | DET | LE | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 29 | DET | RE | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1950 | 30 | DET | re | 81 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Career | 78 | 39 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1946 | 26 | DET | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 14.5 | 318 | |||||||
| 1947 | 27 | DET | LE | 12 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 640 | ||||||
| 1948 | 28 | DET | re | 12 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 606 | ||||||
| Career | 78 | 39 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 18 | 11.8 | 3024 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1945 | 25 | DET | LE | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1946 | 26 | DET | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | 27 | DET | LE | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 28 | DET | re | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 29 | DET | RE | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1950 | 30 | DET | re | 81 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| Career | 78 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 164 |
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