Nelson "Nellie" Greene is a former award-winning

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player. Coming from the St. Lambert Combines junior program, Greene joined the

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in 1947 and won the Gruen Trophy as the Eastern Conference (the Big Four) rookie of the year. No official stats were kept that season and this was when the trophy was awarded only to Canadian players. He moved to the

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, his best year being 1950 when he rushed for 415 yards. An injury kept him out of the Green Riders 1951

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game loss. After his football career, he remained active coaching local high school and junior teams in Regina.

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