John Greene
John Joseph Greene
Born: April 21, 1920
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Deceased: November 4, 2010
Franklin, MI
Position: E-G-B
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210
College: Michigan
High School: The Kiski School (Saltsburg, PA)
Career: 1944-1950
Drafted: 1944 in Round 5, #35 overall by the Detroit Lions
John Greene played from 1944 to 1950 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Greene caught 175 passes for 2,965 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns in his career.
Click on column headings to sort.
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 550 | 21.2 | 63 | 5 |
1946 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 289 | 13.1 | 88 | 2 |
1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 38 | 621 | 16.3 | 47 | 5 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 25 | 595 | 23.8 | 83 | 5 |
1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 42 | 542 | 12.9 | 28 | 7 |
1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 368 | 16.7 | 46 | 2 |
Totals | 175 | 2965 | 16.9 | 88 | 26 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 37 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 37 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1946 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1945 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1946 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Totals | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 164 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 5 |
1945 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 10 |
1946 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 2 |
1947 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 6 |
1948 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 5 |
1949 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |