Johnny Green (basketball)
Green, circa 1964
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
December 8, 1933 Dayton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dunbar (Dayton, Ohio) |
| College | Michigan State (1956–1959) |
| NBA draft | 1959 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 1959–1973 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 11, 24, 16, 12, 20 |
| Career history | |
| 1959–1965 | New York Knicks |
| 1965–1967 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1967–1968 | San Diego Rockets |
| 1968–1969 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1969–1973 | Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 12,281 (11.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 9,083 (8.6 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,449 (1.4 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John M. "Jumpin' Johnny" Green (born December 8, 1933) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Green was born in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Green was under six feet tall in high school and didn't play basketball. He worked part-time at a Dayton bowling alley and, after graduation, for a construction company and at a junkyard for six months before joining the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. It was while in the military that, at age 20, he sprouted to 6-foot-5 and played on the base's basketball team.
The Marine base football coach, Dick Evans, a Michigan State University alumnus, recognized Green's athletic ability and wrote a letter of recommendation to MSU basketball coach Forddy Anderson. Green, by then age 21, visited MSU while on leave in October 1955.
After completing his military commitment, Green enrolled at Michigan State in 1955, and played on the 1955–56 Spartans' freshman team. He became eligible to play on the varsity in January 1957, at age 23.
Green played in 18 games that season as a power forward, setting a new Michigan State rebounding record with 14.6 per game as the Spartans were Big Ten champions. They advanced to the NCAA tournament semifinal game, which they lost in triple overtime to eventual champion North Carolina despite Green's 19 rebounds and eight blocked shots. The Spartans finished the season winning 12 out of 13 games to end with a 16–10 overall record.
As a junior in 1957–58, he increased his per-game rebounding average to 17.8 while averaging 18.0 points per game on 53.8 percent field goal shooting. He was named second-team All-American by NABC and The Sporting News and third-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI) and the Helms Foundation.
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