Fred W. Green

Fred W. Green
Fred Green circa 1900
31st Governor of Michigan
In office January 1, 1927 – January 1, 1931
Lieutenant	Luren D. Dickinson
Preceded by	Alex J. Groesbeck
Succeeded by	Wilber M. Brucker
Personal details
Born	October 19, 1871 Manistee, Michigan
Died	November 30, 1936 (aged 65) Munising, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Helen Adeline Kelly; one child
Religion	Presbyterian
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Fred Warren Green (October 19, 1871 – November 30, 1936) was mayor of Ionia, Michigan before he served as the 31st Governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931. Active in athletics during his time as a student at Michigan State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, and at the University of Michigan, Green earned a varsity letter playing for the Michigan State Normal football team in 1895 and is credited as the team's head coach during the 1896 season in which they were declared champions of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Green served as a delegate to the 1932 and 1936 Republican National Conventions.

Green was born in Manistee, Michigan and grew up in Cadillac, son of Holden Nathaniel Green and his wife Adaline Green (née Clark). His education was attained in Ypsilanti at Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University), where he graduated in 1893, and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he earned a law degree in 1898. When Michigan State Normal joined the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1892, Green was selected as the school's first representative to the athletic conference. From 1893 to 1895, Green worked as a reporter in Ypsilanti. During this time, he continued his involvement in Michigan State Normal athletics, serving as "Manager of Foot Ball" for the Normal Athletic Association during the first term of 1893–94 academic year and as "Director of Sports" during the second term. In 1895, Green earned a varsity letter as a member of the Michigan State Normal football team. The following year, in 1896, he coached the football team to a 4–1 record. Michigan Normal was named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions that season with a record of 2–0 in the conference. The team's sole loss came against the University of Michigan football team, the only team that scored against the Normalites that season. While a student at Michigan, Green was the "Class Athletic Manager" during the 1897–98 academic year.