[1] Green attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York, where he played for coach Mickey Fisher.

As a sophomore in 1953–1954, Green averaged 13.4 points and 8.2 rebounds, as the Dukes went 26–3 under Coach Dudey Moore, losing in the Final of the 1954 National Invitation Tournament to Holy Cross with future Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn.

[3] In the Final, on March 20, 1955, Duquesne beat the Dayton Flyers 70–58 before a sellout crowd of 18,496 at Madison Square Garden, as Green scored 33 points and Dick Ricketts had 23.

The Dukes won 7 of their last 8 after a slow start to advance to the quarterfinals of the 1956 National Invitation Tournament, losing to eventual champion Louisville.

[7] There, he played on a Fort Dix team with Tom Gola and Alvin Clinkscales that won the U.S. Army championship.

[8] On January 14, 1959, while averaging 12.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists, Green was traded by the Cincinnati Royals to the St. Louis Hawks for Med Park and Jack Stephens.

[9] On October 10, 1965, Green was traded by the Baltimore Bullets to the Boston Celtics for a 1966 fifth round draft pick (John Jones was later selected).

He would give you a fake and a real big first stride," former Duquesne assistant coach Red Manning said in describing Green years later.

[14] The business was owned by Hal Black, a former Duquesne Dukes basketball player from the 1940s who sponsored Green when he joined the team.