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Willie Green (other)
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Willie Green (born 1981) is an American basketball player and coach. Willie Green may also refer to: *Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American football player *Willie Green (baseball), Negro leagues third baseman *Willie Earl Green, sent to prison in 1983 for murder but released in 2008 after a change in testimony See also *Willie Greene (born 1971), American baseball player *Will Green (other) *William Green (other) William Green may refer to Arts and entertainment *William Green (action painter) (1934–2001), British artist *William Green (painter) (1760–1823), British artist *William Green (piper) (1775–1860), Northumbrian piper *William Curtis Green (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Green
Willie Julius Green (born July 28, 1981) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers and Orlando Magic. He was selected in the second round (41st pick overall) of the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende (50th pick overall) and cash considerations. Professional career Philadelphia 76ers (2003–2010) Green was a 1999 graduate of Cooley High School; after a college career at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round (41st overall) of the 2003 NBA draft. He was traded the same day to the Philadelphia 76ers for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende and cash consideration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Green (American Football)
Willie Aaron Green (born April 2, 1966) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the Detroit Lions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers, and the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi. Early years Green was born April 2, 1966 in Athens, Georgia to politically active parents Willie and Corene. He played football in 1984 and 1985 at Clarke Central, where he was not widely considered the best player on either team. Green himself admitted "I couldn't compete with them... The bottom line is I never thought I would play a professional sport in anything." He transferred to the Tennessee Military Institute for his senior year. College Green decided not to return to Athens and the University of Georgia, instead attending Ole Miss. He later commented his family encouraged him to cut childhood ties, and attend school in "a small country town (Oxford, Mississippi) so the only t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Green (baseball)
William Green (1894 – June 4, 1925) was a Negro leagues third baseman for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. He played most of his career for the Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921. History The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giant .... References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, William Chicago American Giants players Detroit Stars players 1894 births 1925 deaths Baseball players from Chicago Baseball third basemen Chicago Giants players Pittsburgh Keystones players Kansas City Monarchs players 20th-century African-American sportspeople Kansas City Royal Giants players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Earl Green
Willie Earl Green was sent to prison in 1983 for the murder of a woman in a South Los Angeles crack house, but after a change in testimony, authorities released him from prison in March 2008. The incriminating witness, Willie Finley, had placed Green at the scene and helped police identify him as the murderer. Mr. Finley altered his recollection, and L.A. County Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus exonerated Green, stopping short of declaring him innocent, but declaring that had the jury known the new version of events, they would have not found him guilty. Susan Breyer, the forewoman of the jury who had originally found him guilty, had come to believe in his innocence and was at the prison when Green was released, stating: "I, they, took 24 years of his life." While Green had been involved in drugs and petty crimes before imprisonment, he attributes prison to have turned his life around. While in prison he earned an Associate of Arts degree and ran life skills programs f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Greene
Willie Louis Greene (born September 23, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his nine-year stint in the major leagues, Greene played for four teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1992–1998), the Baltimore Orioles (1998), Toronto Blue Jays (1999), and the Chicago Cubs (2000). Minor leagues Greene was the Pittsburgh Pirates' first pick in the 1989 June draft, and was also Georgia's Gatorade Player of The Year in baseball (1989). He was traded to the Montreal Expos on August 8 of 1990 with Scott Ruskin and Moisés Alou for Zane Smith. On December 11, 1991 Green was traded by the Montreal Expos with Dave Martinez and Scott Ruskin to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Risley and John Wetteland. Cincinnati Reds From 1992 until 1995 Greene appeared on a sporadic basis with the Cincinnati Reds, before playing full-time beginning in 1996, appearing in 115 games that year. In 1997, he appeared in 151 games and 111 in 1998 before being tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Green (other)
Will Green may refer to: *Will Green (rugby union) (born 1973), English rugby union player * Will Greene or A. Wilson Greene (born 1949), American historian * Will S. Green (1832–1905), American pioneer See also *William Green (other) *Willie Green (other) Willie Green (born 1981) is an American basketball player and coach. Willie Green may also refer to: * Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American football player * Willie Green (baseball), Negro leagues third baseman * Willie Earl Gree ... * Bill Green (other) {{hndis, Green, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |