Billy Green (footballer, born 1927)

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

Career
Green came up through the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth team, however did not make a senior appearance with the club. He would move to Walsall in 1949.

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.

In 1954 he would move to Wrexham spending three years at the club. 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.

He left Wrexham in 1957, going on to play for Wellington Town, Caernarfon Town and Pwllheli.

Green died in 1996.