Benjamin Haigh Green (23 February 1883 – 26 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 117 goals from 406 matches in the Football League playing for Barnsley, Small Heath (renamed Birmingham in 1905), Burnley, Preston North End and Blackpool.

He made nearly 200 appearances for Small Heath / Birmingham in all competitions, and scored the first goal at the club's new ground, St Andrew's, on 29 December 1906, three days after the official opening, for which he was rewarded with a piano.

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Green was born in Penistone, Yorkshire, and was killed in action in France in 1917, where he was serving as a private with the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). His sister Lucy captained the Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies F.C. in the 1920s.

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1883 births

1917 deaths

People from Penistone

English men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Barnsley F.C. players

Birmingham City F.C. players

Burnley F.C. players

Preston North End F.C. players

Blackpool F.C. players

English Football League players

King's Own Royal Regiment soldiers

British military personnel killed in World War I

Footballers from Yorkshire

British Army personnel of World War I

Military personnel from Yorkshire

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