Billy Green (footballer, born 1927)

William Green (9 October 1927 – 1996) was an English footballer, who played as a defender.

Green came up through the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth team, however did not make a senior appearance with the club.

[1] At Walsall, however, he would secure a first team spot, being an ever-present in two consecutive seasons for the club and making a total of 180 appearances.

[1] Whilst there, in a match with Gateshead on 22 December 1956, where, during an altercation with Gateshead forward Bill Brown, he was punched unconscious by Brown.

Green did not remember what had happened in a post-match interview.