Vee Green

American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator (1900–1967)

Vee Green

Biographical details
Born| (1900-10-09)October 9, 1900
Oakwood, Illinois, U.S.
Died| May 12, 1967(1967-05-12) (aged 66)
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1922–1923| Illinois
1926| Louisville Colonels
Position(s)| Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1927| Waukegan HS (IL)
1928–1932| Oklahoma City
1933–1946| Drake
Basketball
1930–1933| Oklahoma City
1944–1946| Drake
Baseball
1940–1942| Drake
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1933| Oklahoma City
1940–?| Drake
Head coaching record
Overall| 103–72–10 (college football)
32–41 (college basketball)
24–7–1 (high school football)
Bowls| 1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Big Four (1931)

Vivian Julius "Vee" Green[1] (October 9, 1900 – May 12, 1967) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma City University from 1928 to 1932 and at Drake University from 1933 to 1946. Green was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma City from 1930 to 1933 and at Drake from 1944 to 1946, tallying a career college basketball mark of 32–41. A native of Urbana, Illinois, Green played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1922 to 1923. He played as a center and was a teammate of Red Grange.

Later in his life, Green did color commentary and football analysis for the AM station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, including broadcasts alongside Jim Zabel. In the fall of 1966, Green was diagnosed with glioblastoma. Green died on May 12, 1967, from brain cancer.[2]

News Clipping Green Football Analysis for WHO

## Head coaching record[edit]

### College football[edit]

Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1928)
1928 | Oklahoma City  | 6–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–7th |
Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Big Four Conference) (1929–1932)
1929 | Oklahoma City  | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–2nd |
1930 | Oklahoma City | 9–1 | 2–1 | 2nd |
1931 | Oklahoma City | 12–0 | 3–0 | 1st |
1932 | Oklahoma City  | 5–5–1 | 1–2 | 3rd |
Oklahoma City: | 37–13–2 | 10–8–1 |
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (1933–1946)
1933 | Drake | 6–3–1 | 5–1 | 2nd |
1934 | Drake | 3–6–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd |
1935 | Drake | 4–4–2 | 1–2–1 | 4th |
1936 | Drake | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd |
1937 | Drake | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd |
1938 | Drake | 5–4–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd |
1939 | Drake | 5–5 | 2–3 | 4th |
1940 | Drake | 4–5 | 2–2 | T–3rd |
1941 | Drake | 4–5–1 | 0–3–1 | 6th |
1942 | Drake  | 3–7 | 1–4 | T–5th |
1943 | Drake  | 4–2 | 0–0 | NA |
1944 | Drake  | 7–2 | 0–0 | NA |
1945 | Drake  | 5–4–1 | 1–2 | 4th | W Raisin
1946 | Drake | 2–6–1 | 0–4 | 5th |
Drake: | 66–59–8 | 24–27–3 |
Total: | 103–72–10 |
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

## Personal life[edit]

Green married Iowan Lois Hardaway on February 5, 1954. They had 3 children.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Housh, Leighton, ed. (1937). 1937 Missouri Valley Conference Handbook. Missouri Valley Conference News Bureau.
2. ^ "Ex-Grange Teammate, Green, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. May 13, 1967. p. 54. Retrieved September 10, 2020 - via Newspapers.com .

## External links[edit]

*   * Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference

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